A Local Stage With Lasting Roots
I see Emily Ann Mixon as a performer whose career makes the most sense when viewed through Pensacola. She has worked as a singer, dancer, actor, director, choreographer, and teacher, bringing training and experience back to the Florida community where she grew up.
She is also actress Katy Mixon’s younger sister. That relationship is part of her story, but Emily has a substantial working life of her own. Her credits connect classrooms, community productions, a performing arts studio, and a revival of a musical rooted in local history.
Emily was described as 32 in August 2015, placing her birth around 1982 or 1983. No exact birthday is established. She grew up in a household where singing and piano were ordinary parts of family life, and she took charge of childhood productions with her sisters.
Education and the Return to Pensacola
Emily began dancing at about three through Ballet Pensacola. She later graduated from Washington High School and earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in musical theatre from The Boston Conservatory.
After a period working in New York, she returned to northwest Florida. The specific New York productions are not securely identified, so I would not attach an imagined Broadway credit to her name. Her confirmed local work is already broad.
She taught Broadway Dance Machine at Ballet Pensacola, choreographed for the Pensacola Children’s Chorus, and taught at Escambia High School. Teaching and directing appear throughout her career rather than as occasional sidelines. In her childhood family shows, she was already choosing the director’s position.
I find that continuity striking. Formal training gave structure to an instinct that had developed at home, much as a frame strengthens a picture already taking shape.
Parents and a Household of Seven Children
Emily’s parents are Dr. Fred Smith Mixon and Donna Field Mixon, also identified as Donna Lee Field. Fred worked in family medicine and had played football for Louisiana State University in the mid 1960s. Donna, a Louisiana native, was Miss Tangipahoa Parish in 1966.
Katy has described their family as seven children, six girls and one boy. That is different from having seven siblings, an error that would increase the total to eight. The publicly identified children include Katy, Emily, Joel, Laura, Sarah, and Caroline. A complete confirmed list is not available.
| Relative | Relationship to Emily | Public connection |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Smith Mixon | Father | Physician and former LSU football player |
| Donna Field Mixon | Mother | Family performer and studio manager |
| Katy Mixon | Sister | Actress |
| Joel Ashby Mixon | Brother | Joined the family television team in 2015 |
| Laura Mixon | Sister | Appeared in a childhood musical with Emily |
| Sarah Mixon | Sister | Appeared in the same childhood production |
| Caroline Field Mixon | Younger sister | Remembered publicly by Katy |
Laura, Katy, Emily, and Sarah appeared together in a 1997 production of The Music Man. Emily also rehearsed a family show with Donna and Katy. These glimpses suggest a shared creative upbringing without establishing adult careers for every sibling.
Katy Mixon and the Wider Family
Katy was born in Pensacola on 30 March 1981. Her television roles include Victoria Flynn in Mike & Molly and Katie Otto in American Housewife. Her screen career is more nationally visible than Emily’s, but the sisters’ public family connection is clear.
Katy married former track and field athlete Breaux Greer. Their son Kingston Saint was born in May 2017, and daughter Elektra Saint arrived on 16 May 2018. They are Emily’s nephew and niece.
Katy has also spoken about their younger sister Caroline, who died after a childhood injury and later complications. The account is Katy’s remembrance. It does not require adding speculative dates or medical detail to acknowledge the loss within the family.
Seaplane and a Community Collaboration
In 2014, Emily was approached to revive Seaplane, a musical about early flight and Pensacola’s naval aviation history. Jack and Carolyn Fleming created the work, with music by Allen Pote. Earlier productions had reached New York and the Kennedy Center.
Emily directed the new staging at Pensacola’s Saenger Theatre from 28 to 30 August 2015. Broadway professionals and local performers worked together. Carolyn Fleming helped her navigate the history and community connections behind the show.
For me, this production illustrates Emily’s particular strength: connecting professional training with a local story. The work was neither a family anecdote nor simply a famous sister’s opportunity. It was a demanding production with its own history and collaborators.
Television and Mixon Magic
On 12 July 2015, Emily joined Katy, Joel, Donna, and Fred on Celebrity Family Feud against the Robertson family. Their charity was Mitchell’s Place, which supports people with autism spectrum disorders. The charity prize should not be mistaken for personal earnings, and the outcome is not established in the information available here.
Emily founded Mixon Magic Performing Arts in 2020. Its Florida company filing was effective on 15 August. The studio offered movement, dance, acting, voice, and private instruction, serving young children through adults.
By August 2021, Emily said it had more than 100 students. She also collaborated with Allen and Susan Pote on Making Musical Magic, a workshop culminating in a showcase. A December 2025 description called her the studio’s founder and former owner, so I would not assume she still owns it.
Her later theatre roles included Lillian Hellman in Little Wars and Lana Sherwood in It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. No reliable personal net worth or salary is established, and similarly named people’s payroll records do not belong to this biography.
FAQ
Is Emily Ann Mixon Katy Mixon’s sister?
Yes. Emily is Katy’s younger sister and grew up in the same performing family in Pensacola.
Where did Emily study?
She attended Washington High School and earned a BFA in musical theatre from The Boston Conservatory.
What is Mixon Magic Performing Arts?
It is the Pensacola studio Emily founded in 2020. By August 2021 it had more than 100 students. She was described as its former owner in December 2025.
Does Emily have children or a spouse?
Neither a spouse nor children are reliably established in the public biographical information.
What did she direct in 2015?
She directed the revival of Seaplane at the Saenger Theatre from 28 to 30 August, combining professional and local performers in a musical about Pensacola aviation history.
