Akiko Nishijima Rotch (Set Design) worked in New National Theatre Tokyo as a scene painter and started her design career in New York.  Recent design include: Ghosts, Ibsen (’08)  Bus Stop, William Inge  Danger of Tobacco, The bear, Chekhov  Cclit, Henning Hegland (’07) directed by Henning Hegland  Measure for Measure, directed by Douglas C. Wager (’07) Fires, directed by Gisela Cardenas (The Votex Theatre) (’05)  The Killer, directed by Gisela Cardenas (’02)  Medea, directed by Gisela Cardenas (’01). Ms. Nishijima Rotch received MFA in design from NYU in 2007 and an MA in interior and architecture lighting design from Parsons School of Design. www.akikonishijima.com