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 around the country. Most recently, she spent a year starring as Glinda in the National Tour of Wicked.

As a teaching artist, Austen has served as one of Arts Ignite’s longest running residents, facilitating learning spaces and devising processes in India, South Africa, and all five boroughs of New York. Austen teaches workshops and coaches one-on-one. She could be your artistic doula… if you were into that sort of thing.

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