Jessie Austrian (she/her) is an actor, director, producer, educator and parent. She is one of Fiasco Theater’s founding co-artistic directors. Her directing/co-directing credits include: Fiasco's The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Helen Hayes nominee for Best Direction) at The Folger Theater and Theatre For A New Audience, Fiasco's The Imaginary Invalid at The Old Globe, Ken Ludwig's Sherwood at Playmakers Rep, and the upcoming world premier of My Ántonia, a new musical adaptation by Noah Brody and The Kilbanes at Theatre Latte Da in Minneapolis. As a performer: Broadway: The Importance of Being Earnest, Lend Me a Tenor. Off-Broadway with Fiasco: Imogen, Cymbeline; Baker’s Wife, Into the Woods (McCarter, Old Globe, Roundabout and Menier Chocolate Factory, UK); Escalus/Marianna, Measure for Measure; Julia/co-director, Two Gentlemen of Verona; Olivia, Twelfth Night; Mary, Merrily We Roll Along; Nell, Knight of the Burning Pestle; Thaisa/Bawd, Pericles. Off-Broadway: The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Roundabout). Regional highlights: Fiasco’s Imaginary Invalid (Old Globe), A Beautiful Noise (Emerson Colonial). TV/Film: Mistress America, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Made in Jersey, Máxima. MFA: Brown University/Trinity Rep Co.