Background
She was born in Princeton, New Jersey before moving to Anchorage in 1976.
She was born in Princeton, New Jersey before moving to Anchorage in 1976.
After graduating magna cum laude with a Masters in Theatre and Communications from Wichita State University (WSU), she lectured for the Department of Theatre at WSU as well as acted, directed and taught around the country for the Wichita Children"s Theatre, Wichita Summer Representative, Bend Theatre for Young People, Kokopelli Productions, and the University of Alaska Anchorage. As a director Mitchell won international acclaim when her production of Soapy Smith"s Alaskana Extravaganza was chosen as an American representative to The Olympic Arts Festival in Sydney, Australia in 2000. She made her New York debut directing Grand Central and 42nd by Arlitia Jones and The Resurrection of Humpty Dumpty by P. Shane Mitchell for The Samuel French Short Play Festival. In 2002 she was a recipient of the Patricia Neal Acting Award from the Last Frontier Theatre Conference.
