Mariko Ohigashi

SUMO

Written by Lisa Sanaye Dring
Directed by Ralph B. Peña

Scenic Designer: Wilson Chin
Costume Designer: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting Designer: Paul Whitaker
Sound Designer: Fabian Obispo
Projection Designer: Hana Kim
Wig Designer: Albert “Albee” Alvarado
Taiko Drummer & Composer: Shih-wei Wu
Intimacy Staging and Fight Director: Chelsea Pace
Cultural and Martial Arts Consultant: James Yaegashi

Photos by Emma Zoedan, Joan Marcus, Wilson Chin

The Public Theatre / Ma-Yi Theater Company / La Jolla Playhouse

Cymbeline

by William Shakespeare
In a modern verse translation by Andrea Thome
Directed by Stephen Brown-Fried

Scenic Design: Yi-Hsuan (Ant) Ma
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting Design: Yiyuan Li
Sound Design: Caroline Eng
Properties Design: Thea Goldman
Production Stage Manager: Katie Young, Kasson Marroquin
Assistant Stage Manager: Mia Qin
Fight & Intimacy Director: Alex Might
Associate Director: Rakesh Palisetty
Associate Scenic Design: Qingan Zhang
Assistant Costume Design: Risa Ando
Assistant Lighting Design: Annie Garrett-Larsen

National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO)
in partnership with PlayOn Shakespeare
at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater Jan. - Feb. 2025

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Music by Tom Kitt
Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey

Directed by Ikko Ueda

Scenic Design: Naomi Ikemiyagi
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting Design: Yasuyuki Yoshieda

The Barber of Seville & The Marriage of Figaro

Director: Tetsu Taoshita
Set Designer: Hiroko Matsuo
Lighting Designer: Naoto Inaba
Costume Designer: Mariko Ohigashi
Costume supervisor & maker: Kinuyo Inagaki, Keiko Ishizuka
Wig Designer: Yoko Ishikawa (Maruzen)

From Rohm Music Festival 2023
Photos by: Takuo Sasaki

Hansel and Gretel

- OPERA -
Sony Music Foundation / Suntory Hall 2022 / Designed 2020

Director: Tetsu Taoshita
Choreographer: Kimiho Hulbert
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi

Many Thanks to
Costume shop: Atelier Each
Props: Daisuke Niiro / Art Creation
Wigs, Hair and Make-up: Maruzen
Photos provided by：Sony Music Foundation / Suntory Hall

This is our Pudding Wagon / Which’s Skirt. It moves and turns. There is witch’s oven in the back.

A Delicate Balance

by Edward Albee

Director: Jack Cummings III

Set Design: Peiyi Wong
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting Designer: R. Lee Kennedy
Props Designer: Rhys Roffey

Connelly Theater, NYC 2022
Transport Group + NAATCO

Agnes and Tobias - initial sketches

Claire - initial sketches

Julia, Edna and Harry - initial sketches

The Fortress of Solitude

Book by Itamar MosesMusic
lyrics by Michael Friedman
Conceived and Directed by Daniel Aukin
Based on the novel by Jonathan Lethem

Set design: Dedalus Wainwright
Costume design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting design: Alex Mannix

NYU Tisch 2017

Costume Sketches

The House of Bernarda Alba

By Frederico Garcia Lorca
Translation by Caridad Svich

Directed by Dawn Akemi Saito

Scenic Design: Mark Wendland
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi
Assistant Costume Design: Teri Salmon
Lighting Design: Zac Zwart
Sound Design: David van Tieghem
Props Design: Deb Gaouette

Photos by Cason Doyle

Misalliance

Written by George Bernard Shaw
Director: Janet Zarish
Set Design: D'Vaughn Agu
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting Design: Reza Behjat
Schubert Theatre, NYC 2015

Misalliance

Misalliance Sketches

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare
in a modern verse translation by Hansol Jung

Directed by Hansol Jung and Dustin Wills
Original Music by Brian Quijada
Scenic design: Junghyun Georgia Lee
Costume design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting design: Joey Moro
Sound design: Megumi Katayama

Two River Theater / NAATCO

Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

Kimino tameni chiru

Written by Eito Aoi
Directed by Tetsu Taoshita
Set: Mitsuru Sugiura
Costume: Mariko Ohigashi, Kinuyo Inagaki
Light: Hiroshi Furukawa
Hair & Make-up: Shinya Hasegawa

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Migration

by Chiori Miyagawa

Music by David Crandall
Directed by Jubilith Moore
Co-Director Chiori Miyagawa

Set Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Costume Design by Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting Design by Sabrina Hamilton
Stage Management by Lydia McCaw

Fisher Center at Bard
Chris Kayden Photography

Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B

Written by Kate Hamill
Directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar
Scenic design: Sara Karl
Costume design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting design: Jackie Fox
Sound design: Michael Costagliola
Movement director: Charlotte Bydwell

Dorset Theater Festival, VT

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Veil Widow Conspiracy

written by Gordan Dahlquist

National Asian American Theatre Company 2019
New York Theatre Workshop at Next Door

Director: Aneesha Kudtarkar
Set Design: Yu-Hsuan Chen
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting Design: Reza Behjat

Hanjo

Modern Noh Play by Yukio Mishima

SITI Company / Japan Society 2017

Director: Leon Ingulsrud
Scenic/Lighting : Brian H Scott
Costume & Props : Mariko Ohigashi
Sound/Original Composition: Christian Frederickson Choreography: Wendell Beavers
Photo by Julie Lemberger, 2017

Costume Sketches

Photo by Julie Lemberger, 2017

Photos by Al Foote III

Typ(e)ical

New York University Tisch Dance 2015
Choreographers: Fairui Zahid, Alex Abarca, Hongyu Guo
Set: Stella Oh
Costume: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting: Alex MannixMusic
Composition: Janet Noh

Costume Sketch

Enemies, A Love Story (A Scene)

Costume Design
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Scenes

A Scene from Enemies, A Love Story

The Santa Fe Opera The 2015 Apprentice Scenes

Director: Walker Lewis
Costume Designer: Mariko Ohigashi
Wig & Makeup Designer: Manuel Jacobo
Lighting Designer: Matthew Morris
Photo by Kate Russell

With This Hand

So many thanks to the costume shop.
Beautiful choreography by Joelle T.

Williams College Dance Department 2018
Photos by Keith Forman

SEASON's sky

Star Dancers Ballet 2021
SEASON’s sky from Resonate
Choreographer: Marie Sato
Photo: Kiyonori Hasegawa

Little Shakes: Romeo and Juliet

Two River Theater
Photo by Brad Resnick

Dandaro, Village Gathering

Williams College Dance Department 2019
Choreography by Sandra Burton

Very thankful to the amazing costume shop at Williams.

Spring Day

Beautiful choreography by Grace M.
Many many thanks to the costume shop.

Williams College Dance Department 2018
Photos by Keith Forman

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Groovin' Through Time

Costume Design
Williams College Dance Department

Kusika / Zambezi 18'

Costume Design
Williams College Dance Department

Kusika and the Zambezi Marimba Band

Williams College Dance Department
Artistic Directors: Sandra L. Burton and Tendai Muparutsa
Costumes by Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting by Kate Ashton
Photos: Brad Wakoff

The House of Bernarda Alba

Old Horizon

Second Avenue Dance Company, New York, NY
Choreographer: Bobbi Jene Smith
Costume design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting design: Tim van't Hof

Old Horizon

Second Avenue Dance Company
New York, NY

Choreographer: Bobbi Jene Smith
Costume design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting design: Tim van't Hof
Photo by Ella Bromblin & Tony Dougherty

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Poppea

Costume Design
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Scenes

A Scene from L'incoronazione di Poppea

The Santa Fe Opera The 2015 Apprentice Scenes

Director: Walker Lewis
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi
Wig & Makeup Design: Amanda Clark
Lighting Design: Jessica Ann Drayton
Photo by Kate Russell

I Won't Fell Regret anymore

Choreographers: Willa Brown, Julia Galanski, David Gourov
Set Design: Stella Oh
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting Design: Alex Mannix
Music Composition: Richard Hanson, Emily Rose Simons
NYU Tisch, Dance 2015

Axiomatic

Asia Duo Dance Company
Peridance Theatre, New York, 2016
Choreographers: Fairui Zahid and Yachao Zhu
Set Design: Stella Oh
Costume Design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting Design: Eric Norbury
Photo credit: Mirela Amaral

Axiomatic

Choreographer: Fairui Zahid and Yachao Zhu
Asia Duo Dance Company

Set design: Stella Oh
Costume design: Mariko Ohigashi
Lighting design: Eric Norbury
Photo by Mirela Amaral

Peridance Theatre, New York, NY