Carissa Thorlakson is a New Jersey-based wig and makeup designer. She has created designs for Off-Broadway productions of Grand Hotel and Little Rock. She has also designed for The Old Globe, A.R.T., Walnut Street Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Hudson Stage Company, Temple University, Olney Theatre Center, the University of Delaware Resident Ensemble Players, The Princeton Festival, and American Repertory Ballet. She has served as a wig and makeup artist at Santa Fe Opera, Sarasota Opera, Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, and Round House Theatre.