Jessie Austrian (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate-theater-maker, educator and parent. She is a co-founder and co-artistic director of Fiasco Theater, an ensemble company based in NYC. Broadway: The Importance of Being Earnest, Lend Me a Tenor. Off-Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along, Cymbeline, Into the Woods, Measure for Measure, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, The Marriage of Bette and Boo. London: Into The Woods (Fiasco/Menier Chocolate Factory). Regional: Commonwealth Shakespeare, Trinity Repertory, The Guthrie, Actors Theater of Louisville, Cleveland Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, Folger Theater, McCarter Theater, Old Globe.

As a director: Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood, Playmakers Rep; Two Gentleman of Verona, Folger and Theater for a New Audience; The Imaginary Invalid, Old Globe; Imogen Says Nothing, Fiasco Without A Net. TV/Film: Mistress America, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Made in Jersey. Adjunct faculty at NYU Gallatin. BA & MFA Brown University. Proudest roles: partner to Noah and mom to Asher and Tabitha.