Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell has been an active member of USITT since 1988 when she joined the institute as a graduate student. In 1991 she was part of the student team who built the USA National Exhibition for the PQ. She has also served on the PQ organizational team twice, and she has given many conference presentations related to international initiatives and the history of stage design. Ms. Mitchell has designed costumes and scenery professionally for over 30 years, and she is a Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. She holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Texas Wesleyan University and an M.F.A. in Costume Design and Technology from the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Mitchell's design work has represented the United States at the Prague Quadrennial three times and has been exhibited at World Stage Design. Recently her costume designs have been included in exhibitions at El Centro Nacional a Bellas Artes in Mexico City and at the Bucharest World Costume in Action Exhibition in Romania. Her costume designs are included in the permanent collection of the Robert L. B. Tobin Theatre Arts Collection at the McNay Art Museum. Ms. Mitchell serves on the Board of Directors of USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology) and has served for many years on the International Committee and on the Publications Committee. She is a General Editor (and has served as a guest editor) for TD&T. She is the Vice Chair for Research for the Costume Designers of OISTAT. With Oscar Brockett and Linda Hardberger, she is a co-author of Making the Scene: A History of Stage Design and Technology in Europe and the United States. She was one of the keynote speakers for USITT’s 50th anniversary conference. In 2022 Ms. Mitchell became a USITT Fellow.