Costume Designer––Antony and Cleopatra
Previously at the Festival: Costume designer for The Winter’s Tale (2024), Shakespeare in the Schools Tour of Othello (2023) and Much Ado About Nothing (2022)
Off-Broadway: Shakespeare Triptych: The Head of Richard, Make Thick My Blood and She-Wolf (DeCruit Theatre), Dying in Boulder (Out of the Box Theatrics)
Other Theatres: New York Lyric Opera (Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center), La MaMa Experimental Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Playhouse on Park, Repertory Philippines, Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group
Television: ABS-CBN (Manila, Philippines)
Film: Dolores indie film (Philippines)
Other Credits: Raven designed the international premiere of Broadway musicals such as Waitress, Kinky Boots, Matilda and Beautiful: Carole King Musical (Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group). As an educator, Raven was awarded to travel to London to participate in design workshops at Shakespeare’s Globe and Central Saint Martins. He presented his paper “Filipiniana: Fabrics and Silhouettes in the Transnational Journey” at the Fashion, Costume and Visual Cultures conference in Roubaix, France and represented the Philippines the PQ Tribes Exhibition in Prague, Czech Republic in 2015.
Awards: Syracuse Area Live Theatre (SALT) Award Best Costume Design of a Musical for Red House Art Center’s production of La Cage Aux Folles
Teaching Credit: Associate Professor of Costume Design, Central Connecticut State University
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Production Design (De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines); MFA Costume Design, University of Connecticut (UCONN)
Professional Affiliation: United States Institute for Theatre Technology
Website: ravenong.com
Social Media: Instagram––@raven_ong, Facebook––Raven Ong Costume Design