Background
Mehta, Xerxes Jal was born on July 21, 1940 in Bombay. Came to the United States, 1957. Son of Jal Navroji and Silloo (Chothia) Mehta.
Mehta, Xerxes Jal was born on July 21, 1940 in Bombay. Came to the United States, 1957. Son of Jal Navroji and Silloo (Chothia) Mehta.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1962. Master of Fine Arts, New York University, 1969.
Free lance director and acting teacher, New York City and Berkeley, California, 1969-1976;
assistant professor theatre, U. Maryland., Baltimore, 1976-1981;
chairman theatre Department, University Maryland., Baltimore, 1976-1980;
associate professor, U. Maryland., Baltimore, since 1981;
founder, artistic director, Maryland. Stage Company, since 1987. Panelist Center Stage, Baltimore, 1979-1986.
Referee Theatre Journal, since 1978, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980, Princeton (New Jersey) U. Press, 1982. Consultant Van Helden Film/Video Prodns., Baltimore, 1989. Instructor Maryland. State Department of Education, Baltimore, 1989.
Member graduate faculty U. Maryland.
Member Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Society Stage Directors and Choreographers, The Samuel Beckett Society.
Married Louise Bert McCarthy, July 3, 1965. 1 child, Jal.