Jessica Mueller

Costume Designer. Illustrator. Historian. Educator.

Jessica is an award-winning costume educator, designer, and historian from Nashville, TN. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from the University of Northern Colorado (UNCO) and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Costume Design from the University of California-Irvine (UCI).  Before joining Belmont University in 2011, she moved to Nashville from Los Angeles where she worked as a costumer for the film and television industry at United American Costumes, assisting costume designers and wardrobe supervisors on period film and television productions including Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Hunger Games, Boardwalk Empire, Lawless, Mad Men, The Artist, among others. 

Favorite projects include: Carmen (Nashville Opera), Pagliacci (Nashville Opera), Peter and the Starcatcher (Belmont University), Antony and Cleopatra (Nashville Shakespeare Festival), Good Night, Moon (Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre), Carrie (Street Theatre Company), Hedda Gabler (Actors Bridge), and The Play That Goes Wrong (Belmont University).

She is a proud member of Costume Society of America (CSA), United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT), and the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects, and Technicians (OISTAT). 

In her spare time, she is a quilter and avid scholar of fashion, architecture, and textiles.

Upcoming Projects

Fortuna and The Time Bender, Nashville Opera, November 2026

A Monster Calls, Belmont Theatre & Dance Department, April 2026