Raven Ong

Raven Ong is a costume designer born and raised in Manila, Philippines and now based in Connecticut, USA. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Production Design at the De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, School of Design and Arts in 2007 and since then designed shows for various theater companies in the Philippines.

Raven received his MFA in Costume Design from University of Connecticut (UCONN). As a costume designer, he has designed productions in New York City for New York Lyric Opera at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as international premieres of numerous plays and musicals.

His design credits include: International premieres of Waitress, Kinky Boots, Matilda and Beautiful: Carole King Musical (Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group, Manila, Philippines); Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s Spelling Bee, Sense and Sensibility, Laramie Project and King Lear; Red House Arts Center’s On Golden Pond, La Cage Aux Folles and Steel Magnolias; La Mama Experimental Theatre Club’s world premiere of Dying in Boulder, Repertory Philippines’ The Producers, Shakespeare in Hollywood, Peter Pan A Musical Adventure, Boeing Boeing, Jekyll and Hyde, Alice in Wonderland, No Way To Treat A Lady, Wizard of Oz, Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairytale, A Little Princess; Playhouse on Park’s Pride and Prejudice.

Raven Ong is an Assistant Professor of Costume Design at Central Connecticut State University and a recipient of Syracuse Area Live Theatre (SALT) Award Best Costume Design of a Musical for Red House Art Center’s production of “La Cage Aux Folles”.