Rachel is an LA-based actor, singer, writer, and director with decades of experience on stage, on screen, and in voiceover. She has used improv to host corporate events as well as train police officers and doctors, but her heart is in comedy; original characters and improv is where she finds her joy.
She has 16+ years of experience writing, producing, directing, and using art for social change on stage and in classrooms across Minnesota. She is the recipient of the 2019 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grant, through which her solo show, Love Labor, was born.
Rachel holds a BA in Theatre from Macalester College as well as a certificate in Arts & Culture Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania.
REPRESENTATION
BAC Talent - Management (908) 907-1904
Park Artists Group, Commercial (323) 741-1724
VIDEOS + REELS
Love Labor
a solo show about my experiences as a young caregiver
Love Labor Project
a nonprofit founded to provide support to young caregivers
Rachel Loves Nachos
…or how I spent 4 hours during the pandemic
A Winter Love
a film by Navajo artist Rhiana Yazzie, feat. Rachel Austin
Commercial VO Demo
EDUCATION + TRAINING
ACTOR TRAINING
Margie Haber Studio, LA
Graham Shiels Studio, LA
Remedios Studios - Meisner, MN
MACALESTER COLLEGE
BA in Theatre, Acting Concentration
BA in Cultural Studies — Issues of Identity and Representation in Art + Media
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Arts & Culture Strategy — Impact Management, Equitable + Inclusive Mission and Vision
UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE (UCB), LA
Commercial Audition (Casey Feigh)
Improv 101-401 (Toni Charline, Monika Smith, Joel Spence, Casey Feigh)
Musical Improv 101-201 (Tara Copeland, Aaron Wilson)
Character 101 (Hal Rudnick)
GROUNDLINGS, LA
Sketch 101