Austin studied English language and literature at Fordham University in the Bronx, and realized her passion for theatre as a student abroad in London. She has worked as journalist at the Newtown Bee (Newtown, CT) and as a researcher for NBC News (New York, NY). She harbors an avid love for William Shakespeare and likes to carry a book with her wherever she goes. Usually found in or around New York City.
The drama of Shakespeare’s histories is famously wracked with the a singular theme - the burden of a king’s crown. So it’s no surprise that for much o...
If you’re going into BAM’s Next Wave production of Swan Lake expecting magicians, princesses, and a Tchaikovsky score, you will be disappointed. But y...
We are given next to no context, but suddenly on stage is a very tall man in a cloak and a helmet made from some very realistic curling ram’s horns, p...
The title of Elli Papapakonstantinou’s interpretation of Oedipus Rex, adapted from Sophocles’s tragedy, is your first clue that you have no idea what ...
Monica Lewinsky: a name practically dripping with sex, shame, pity...a whole range of emotions that have been preserved in the modern American collect...
At the Classical Theater of Harlem’s annual summer show, they know how to impress. Taking well-worn classics and reinventing them in ways unique to th...
The McKittrick Hotel is dark. It’s one of the first things you must adapt to if you are to make your way in the world that is Sleep No More. In one of...
The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park has long been one of New York’s most prized cultural jewels - and this summer, Kenny Leon’s Much Ado Abou...
David Serero is a French-born actor and baritone who has performed all over the world. He has filled iconic roles in both theater and opera, performin...
In the beginning of The Tempest, the audience is asked if we have ever felt enough rage that would raise a tempest with the sheer force of our anger. ...
