Jonathan Charles Bixby (June 21, 1959 – April 29, 2001) was a costume designer and a founding member of Drama Dept., a New York-based theater company.
He left Mansfield College after his first year and moved to New York where he enrolled in the renowned Lester Polikoff School of Set and Costume Design to pursue his love of the stage.
Jonathan Bixby died April 29, 2001, at Cabrini Medical Center Hospice in New York City due to complications from colon cancer.
His unique imagination was expressed in the costumes he designed for the long touring international Cirque Ingenieux, and designs for many international and U.S. touring companies, including The Sound of Music, Brigadoon, The Wiz, Evita, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Tango Passion (Europe), The King and I (West End, USA and Japan) and Hello Dolly (Paris Premiere).
His film work includes Angel Passing with Hume Cronyn and Teresa Wright (Sundance Festival), Eventual Wife and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:Coming Out of Their Shells Tour Video.