Theatre and Dance

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Rebel Mickelson

Assistant Professor of Theatre - Head of Costume Design
Office: Browne 102A
Email: RR-Mickelson@wiu.edu

Rebel Mickelson has been involved with many aspects of theatre from a very young age until college where she discovered her passion for costume designing. She earned her BA at Doane University in Crete, NE and an MFA in Theater with an emphasis in Costume Design from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

She has designed and worked for theatres all over the country. Rebel has worked as a resident costume designer, costume assistant, costume shop manager, tailor, draper, first hand, puppet creator, dyer and rental coordinator. Rebel has worked for the Cumberland County Playhouse, Little Theatre on the Square, Glimmerglass Opera, Creede Repertory Theatre, McCleod Summer Playhouse, and toured with the Moscow ballet, to name a few.