Austen is an actor, teaching artist, and songwriter based in Brooklyn. She loves dreams, Butoh, and composting. 

As an actor, Austen has played on Broadway, on screen, and at theaters across the country. Most recently, she spent a year starring as Glinda in the National Tour of Wicked.

As a teaching artist, Austen is one of Arts Ignite’s longest running residents, facilitating learning spaces in India, South Africa, and all five boroughs of New York. Austen is the founder of The Vessel: the movement practice for creatives. She teaches groups and coaches one-on-one. Austen could be your artistic doula… if you were into that sort of thing. 

As a songwriter, she releases under the name Plain Austen. You can listen to her music here.