costume designer , times two.
James Nguyen + AC Gottlieb are a design duo based in Brooklyn, merging their respective Vietnamese and Jewish-Argentinian-American experiences to tell stories in theatre, dance, music, and film.
Select designs include productions of THE BODYGUARD (North Shore Music Theatre); THE SECRET GARDEN (NYU Tisch); THE WILD PARTY (NYU Tisch); FRAGMENTS OF A STAR (Ideal Glass Studio); BROADWAY BARES 2017-2024; BONNIE & CLYDE (The Shop Theatre); NEXT TO NORMAL (The Shop Theatre); GIRL VERSUS CORINTH (Capital Fringe + Joe’s Pub); and PASSING STRANGE (Playwrights Horizons).
As Associate/Assistant Designers, collective credits include: MADONNA: THE CELEBRATION TOUR (des. Eyob Yohannes), DEATH BECOMES HER (Broadway, des. Paul Tazewell); SOME LIKE IT HOT! (Broadway, des. Gregg Barnes), MOULIN ROUGE! (Broadway, des. Catherine Zuber); HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (Broadway + San Francisco, des. Katrina Lindsay); BILLY CRYSTAL IN MR. SATURDAY NIGHT (Broadway, des. Paul Tazewell & Sky Switser), TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL (Broadway, des. Mark Thompson); MY FAIR LADY (Broadway, des. Catherine Zuber); MEAN GIRLS (Broadway, des. Gregg Barnes); MRS. DOUBTFIRE (Broadway, des. Catherine Zuber); OSLO (Broadway + HBO Original Film, des. Catherine Zuber); SOMETHING ROTTEN! (Broadway + Nat’l Tours, des. Gregg Barnes); DREAMGIRLS (West End, des. Gregg Barnes); among others.
James + AC are graduates and Dean’s Scholars of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Proud members of United Scenic Artists, USA 829.