Design History

Over 150 productions for more than 25 theaters across the nation, iincluding the Lincoln Center Theater, South Coast Repertory, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, San Jose Repertory, The Old Globe, and Yale Repertory Theatre

Entertainment Design

Broadway/National Tour, Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Sea, Universal Studio Tours, and DreamWorks Animation

Awards and Nominations

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards (6)
Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards (1)
Drama-Logue Critics Awards (29)
Robby Award
Back Stage West Garland Award
SF Bay Guardian Upstage/Downstage Award
Dean Goodman Choice Award

Emmy Award Nomination
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award Nominations (2)
Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award Nominations (2)
San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award Nomination
Robby Award Nominations (7)
Ovation Award Nomination
Lester Horton Dance Awards Nomination

History

2007

A Little Night Music South Coast Repertory
Romeo and Juliet Oregon Shakespeare Festival
My Wandering Boy South Coast Repertory
The Music Man U.C. Irvine

2006

The Clean House Lincoln Center Theater
King John Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Demeter in the City (Scenic Design) Cornerstone Theater Company at REDCAT
The Velveteen Rabbit Nashville Ballet
The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler South Coast Repertory

2005

La Posada Magica South Coast Repertory
Peter Pan Madison Square Garden, New York
Farewell to Manzanar (Scenic & Costume Design) Cornerstone Theater Company
The Cherry Orchard Yale Repertory Theatre
Twelfth Night Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Enchanted April San Jose Repertory Theatre

2004

La Posada Magica South Coast Repertory
Habeas Corpus South Coast Repertory
Peter Pan La Mirada Theatre and National Tour
The Clean House Yale Repertory Theatre
Waking up in Lost Hills (Scenic Design) Cornerstone Theater Company
Cyrano de Bergerac South Coast Repertory
Center of the Star Cornerstone Theater Company
Lovers and Executioners South Coast Repertory

2003

Wintertime San Jose Repertory Theatre
The Odd Couple San Jose Repertory Theatre
Hedda Gabler Oregon Shakespeare Festival

2002

La Posada Magica South Coast Repertory
Major Barbara South Coast Repertory
(LADCC Award, Robby Nomination)
Romeo and Juliet Ballet Pacifica
The School for Wives South Coast Repertory

2001

La Posada Magica South Coast Repertory
A Flea in Her Ear San Jose Repertory Theatre
(Dean Goodman Choice Award)
Mystic Rhythms Hangar Stage, Tokyo Disney Sea, Japan
(Themed Entertainment Association THEA Award)
The Piano Lesson San Jose Repertory Theatre
Bosoms and Neglect South Coast Repertory
Ahwahnee Camp Circle Story Theatre Disney's California Adventure

2000

Peter Pan A&E Broadcasting and Home Video
(Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Costumes and
Outstanding Children's Program)
The Beginning of August South Coast Repertory
Amy's View South Coast Repertory
The Hollow Land South Coast Repertory

1999

The Matchmaker San Jose Repertory Theatre
Saltimbanques Ballet Pacifica
Tartuffe South Coast Repertory

1998

Twelfth Night San Jose Repertory Theatre
Peter Pan Marquis Theatre, Broadway
(1999 Tony Nomination for The Best Revival - Musical)
The Lion in Winter La Mirada Theatre
Othello Shakespeare Santa Cruz
Thunder Knocking on the Door A Contemporary Theatre
The Birds Berkeley Repertory Theatre
(Bay Area Critics Circle Award and Upstage/Downstage Award)
The Birds South Coast Repertory
(Back Stage West and Garland Awards)

1997

Thunder Knocking on the Door San Jose Repertory Theatre
(Bay Area Critics Circle Award Nomination)
Peter Pan La Mirada Theatre and '97-'98 National Tour
(Drama-Logue Award)
Hercules: The Victory Parade Disneyland
How the Other Half Loves South Coast Repertory
(Robby Nomination)
The Taming of the Shrew Intiman Theatre Company
Old Times South Coast Repertory

1996

On Borrowed Time La Mirada Theatre
(Drama-Logue Award)
Out of the Shadows Ballet Pacifica
Camping with Henry and Tom Sacramento Theatre Company
The Festival of Fools: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Disneyland
Love's Labor's Lost Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland
The Taming of the Shrew South Coast Repertory
(Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Drama-Logue, Robby Awards)

1995

Romeo and Juliet Ballet Pacifica
She Stoops to Folly South Coast Repertory
(Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award)
Othello American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco
The Misanthrope South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award, Robby Nomination)

1994

The Nutcracker (Second Act) Ballet Pacifica
La Posada Magica South Coast Repertory
Lettice and Lovage South Coast Repertory
Hedda Gabler South Coast Repertory

1993

The Nutcracker Ballet Pacifica
(Lester Horton Dance Awards Nomination)
The Company of Heaven South Coast Repertory
Pygmalion American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco
(Bay Area Critics Circle Award Nomination)
Dance and the Railroad East West Players
The Miser South Coast Repertory
(Robby Award Nomination)

1992

The Man Who Came to Dinner South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award, Robby Nomination)
King Lear Oregon Shakespeare Festival Portland
Noah Johnson had a Whore South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award)
Twelfth Night South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Nomination)

1991

The Caretaker South Coast Repertory
Heartbreak House South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award, Robby Nomination)
Necessities The Old Globe, San Diego
Shakuntala International City Theatre
(Drama-Logue Award)
Happy End South Coast Repertory
(Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award)

1990

Other People's Money The Old Globe, San Diego
Man and Superman South Coast Repertory
(Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Drama-Logue Award)
You Never Can Tell South Coast Repertory /Singapore
The Ramp South Coast Repertory
Man of the Flesh South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award)
A Midsummer Night's Dream South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award)

1989

When I was a girl, I used to scream and shout South Coast Repertory
Peccadillo GeVa Theatre, Rochester, N.Y.
Waiting for Godot The Old Globe, San Diego
(San Diego Critics Circle Award Nomination)
A… My Name Is Alice The Old Globe, San Diego
Sunday in the Park with George South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award)
You Never Can Tell South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Nomination)
Tally's Folly South Coast Repertory

1988

Born Yesterday Pasadena Playhouse
King Lear Grove Shakespeare Festival
(Drama-Logue Award)
Comedy of Errors Grove Shakespeare Festival
(Drama-Logue Award)
The School for Scandal South Coast Repertory
(Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Drama-Logue Award, Robby Nomination)
Breaking the Silence Pasadena Playhouse
(Drama-Logue Award)

1987

Haut Gout South Coast Repertory
A Midsummer Night's Dream Grove Shakespeare Festival
(Drama-Logue Award)
Julius Caesar Grove Shakespeare Festival
The Real Thing South Coast Repertory
Largo Desolato Center Theater Group, Taper, Too
(Drama-Logue Award)
Come Back, Little Sheba Los Angeles Theater Center
Cross Roads LTD Unlimited

1986

As You Like It South Coast Repertory
All The Way Home South Coast Repertory
Cloud Nine South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award)
Love's Labor's Lost Grove Shakespeare Festival
Henry IV, Part one Grove Shakespeare Festival
(Drama-Logue Award)

1985

Painting Churches South Coast Repertory
Blue Window South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award)
The Rivals Grove Shakespeare Festival
(Drama-Logue Award)
The Tempest Grove Shakespeare Festival
The Show-off South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award)
The Right Self South Coast Repertory

1984

Top Girls South Coast Repertory
(Drama-Logue Award)
Tartuffe Grove Shakespeare Festival
(Drama-Logue Award)
Much Ado About Nothing Grove Shakespeare Festival
(Drama-Logue Award)
Hamlet Grove Shakespeare Festival
Comedy of Errors Grove Shakespeare Festival
The Seagull South Coast Repertory
Sally and Marsha South Coast Repertory

1983

Macbeth Grove Shakespeare Festival
Two Gentlemen of Verona Grove Shakespeare Festival
(Drama-Logue Award)

1982

Oliver Grove Shakespeare Festival
Side by Side by Sondheim Grove Shakespeare Festival

Earlier Credits

East-West Players

The Threepenny Opera
Dream of Kitamura
Yamashita
Imperial Valley
Pacific Overtures (1979)

Southern California Conservatory Theatre

Charlie's Aunt
Fiddler on the Roof
Hot l Baltimore
Diamond Studs
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Two Gentlemen of Verona (the Musical)

Cerritos College

Wait Until Dark
Hold Me
The Hound of Baskervilles

Cal State Northridge

Les Blancs
Pantaglese

Cal State Long Beach

Love's Labor's Lost
Trudi and the Minstrel
Four Saints in Three Acts
December Dance Concert

Find out more about Shigeru:

:: Brief Bio
:: Resume
:: Design History
:: Teaching Philosophy