About Austin.
I am a multi-hyphenate theatre artist with a BFA in Performance, several certifications in Stage Combat and Intimacy Coordination -- years of Shakespeare training, and a knack for the absurd. I bring a focus on collaboration and unique vision to my productions.
Max Detweiller
Sound of Music - New Stage Theatre
This show really made me fall in love with working on the "American Classic Musical" -- being able to find some real strength in this character by leaning into his queer and semitic undertones -- and his need for survival made this a very impactful role for me.
Chris Bean
The Play That Goes Wrong - Cumberland County Playhouse
This just has to be the most "Austin Role" possible. The ability to fully commit to a world that doesn't want to see you succeed was SO FUN. I would work on this show over and over again.
Horatio
Hamlet - Roxy Regional Theatre
I think about Horatio daily. Director Emily Ruck really let us lean in to the deep love that Horatio has for Hamlet -- and through the presentation of a Memory Play through the perspective of Horatio?
This show got to be one I really dug into every night.
Edmund
King Lear - Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival
Crave the crown, I did.
So grateful to be able to play such a wonderful Shakespeare Villain. This may be some of the proudest I have ever been of my fight choreo as well -- a very intense, gory, but wonderful show.
Particular shoutout to Ava Spinelli Mastrone, Liz Gutridge, and Matt Neary.
Schroeder
... Good Man Charlie Brown - Harmony Theater
I mean, it's not often you get to play your favorite Peanut AND belt a High A (Please hire me to play Jack Kelly)
Artistic Education
Academic Background
Bachelor's Degree in Performance - University of Memphis Dept. of Theatre and Dance
Intensive Training in Physical Theatre and Commedia del'Arte from Internationally Renowned Clown, Sarah Brown.
Shakespeare Training from Tennessee and Oklahoma Shakespeare Company.
Studied the Meisner and Chekhov Acting Approach
Artistic Accolades
Patting Myself on the Back.
SETC Fringe - Outstanding Play
Fringe Festival Honors
My play Neurochemicals was selected as a nominee for outstanding new work at the SETC Fringe Festival in 2021
Best Actor in a Leading Role
First Night Awards 2024
Received the nomination for the Nashville Professional Theatre Awards, recognized as one of the Best Actors for my performance in A Midsummer Night's Dream as DEMETRIUS.
Best Actor In A Leading Role
First Night Awards 2023
Received the nomination for the Nashville Professional Theatre Awards, recognized as one of the Best Actors for my performance in The Play That Goes Wrong as CHRIS BEAN.