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Xerxes Mehta is the Founder & Artistic Director of The Maryland Stage Company which was the professional theatre company in residence at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Baltimore for 15 years, from 1987 through 2002. He is particularly known for his international productions of Beckett and his unconventional approaches to the classics which have been performed not only in Baltimore but also in tours of France and Germany. In 1996, he took his staging of three of Beckett's short plays to the International Beckett Festival and Symposium in Strasbourg, France, and, in 2000, he was again invited to Europe to perform at the largest event of its kind since Beckett's death, Beckett in Berlin 2000. Several of these productions have been photographically reproduced in books and journals. Many of his interpretations and directorial achievements have received national and even international attention for their quality.

His published works on Beckett's theatre have appeared in the Journal of Beckett Studies, Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd'hui, Theater, The Beckett Circle/Le Cercle de Beckett, and the anthology Directing Beckett (Michigan, 1994). He has also lectured and organized panels, performances and festivals at numerous national and international Beckett events. He served as president of the international Samuel Beckett Society from 2000 to 2002.

Mehta's work has been reviewed by The New York Times, The Village Voice, TheaterWeek, Show Business, Theatre Journal, Western European Stages, the Journal of Beckett Studies, The Beckett Circle, France-Amérique, Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin), Der Morgenpost (Berlin), and print and electronic media in the Baltimore–Washington area. Nine of his productions have been named "Best of the Year" and four have been anthologized.

He is an Emeritus Faculty member and former Professor of Theatre teaching acting, directing and dramatic literature at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and is widely known as a preeminent scholar on the works of Beckett. He retired from active teaching at the University level at the end of the 2008 academic year but continues to direct theatre productions across the region.

He is cousins with Zubin Mehta and Zarin Mehta.