Kaity Kistler is a costume designer and technician based in Orange County, California. She earned an associate degree in Apparel Construction from Orange Coast College in 2024 and recently graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a double major in Drama and Anthropology.

While at UCI, Kaity worked as an assistant in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts costume shop, contributing to productions including At the Very Bottom of a Body of Water, Noises Off, The Green Knight, and Little Women: The Musical. Her additional credits include assistant costume designer for UCI’s La Belle et la Bête and stitcher for South Coast Repertory productions including Million Dollar Quartet, Little Shop of Horrors, Galilee, 34, and Prelude to a Kiss, the Musical.

This fall, Kaity will begin pursuing her MFA in Costume Technology at Indiana University.