About

Mariko Ohigashi is a NYC-based Costume Designer for Theater, Opera, and Film, born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Her U.S. theatre credits include SUMO (La Jolla Playhouse, CA); Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B (Dorset Theater Festival, VT); Romeo and Juliet (Two River Theater, NJ); Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance (Connelly Theater, NYC); Out of Time (The Public, NYC); The Lighthouse (Tennessee Williams Festival, Provincetown MA); Veil Widow Conspiracy (New York Theatre Workshop, Next Door); Vis-à-Vis (New York City Ballet, Choreographic Institute); Hanjo (Japan Society, NYC/SITI Company); Williams College Dance Concerts (’62 Center for Theatre & Dance, MA).
International theatre credits in Japan include The Barber of Seville & The Marriage of Figaro (Rohm Theater Kyoto); Hansel and Gretel (Suntory Hall, Sony Music Foundation); Ashita no Hitomi (Menicon); The Count of Monte Cristo (Kinokuniya Hall); Lulu (Shinjuku Bunka) and Carmen (Kanagawa Kenmin Hall) with Tokyo Nikikai Opera. 
BA: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MFA: New York University - Tisch School of the Arts
Member of United Scenic Artist, local 829.

REVIEWS & ARTICLES

New York Times : Romeo and Juliet 2023
This gestures toward the Elizabethan, as do Mariko Ohigashi’s costumes, which combine long skirts and slashed doublets with T-shirts and jeans.

New York Times : A Delicate Balance 2022
”… Mariko Ohigashi’s costume design, on the other hand, are great complements to each other and the material. …
The costumes discreetly reflect the different tone and sensibility of each of the play’s three acts. In the first, we see mostly neutrals and shades matching the furnishings as Agnes, Tobias and Claire go through their regular routines. Then there are more vibrant 1960s-style outfits as the drama increases and the characters reveal more of their true selves in the second, and sleepy, lived-in robes and pajamas as the play nears its melancholy conclusion.”

New York Times : Out of Time 2022
“She is absolutely elegant, and completely isolated -”

Two River Theater Interview : Romeo and Juliet 2022


大東万里子
衣裳デザイナー
日本大学芸術学部在学中に渡米。ニューヨーク大学大学院ティッシュ・スクール・オブ・ザ・アーツにてスーザン・ヒルファー ティー氏に師事し、衣裳デザインの修士号を取得。ニューヨークを拠点に、アメリカと日本を行き来しながらオペラ、演劇、ダンス、映画と幅広い分野の衣装をデザインしている。