Tired of getting advice from friends and teachers that don't actually work on Broadway today? In this course, you are learning from one of Broadway's best and current music directors! Austin has conducted and played numerous Broadway hit shows, including, Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen, Phantom of the Opera & Some Like It Hot. 

Austin, also, is currently music directing the new Broadway-bound production of Gun & Powder. Rest assured, the instruction you receive in these courses is the most up to date and relevant instruction you can possibly receive. No strangers to audition rooms, not only has Austin played thousands of auditions, he is currently in audition rooms for multiple shows and tours on Broadway today. 

Along with the casting directors themselves, no-one knows more about what's happening behind the desk of audition rooms than your instructor, Austin Cook.

I’m an actor and vocalist based in New York, NY. A native of Jonesboro, GA, a suburb outside of Atlanta, I grew up singing in the church. I received my undergraduate degree in vocal performance at the historic Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. With the idea of pursuing a career in opera, I attended The Chicago Conservatory of Performing Arts, completing the program with a masters degree in vocal performance. 

However, I changed my mind about pursuing opera professionally after my first Chicago gig at Court Theatre in their 2011 production of Porgy and Bess and it’s been theatre for me ever since. Since then my most notable regional credits are: Sondheim on Sondheim (Porchlight); HAIR, Rent (Paramount Theatre); Iphigenia in Aulis, Agamemnon (Court Theatre); and The Color Purple (Mercury Theatre) where I received a Jeff nomination for my performance as Shug Avery. 

My life changed when I relocated to New York in 2016 for my Broadway debut starring as Nala in Disney’s The Lion King. In 2019, I took a short break from The Lion King to play the role of Hattie in Roundabout Theatre’s Broadway revival of Kiss Me Kate alongside Tony nominated Kelli O’Hara and Disney’s High School Musical star Corbin Bleu. During the course of my career, I have had the pleasure and opportunity to work with notable directors John Doyle, Diane Paulus, Charles Newell, Jim Corti, John Stefaniuk, Scott Ellis & Casey Nicolaw. 

Although I do theatre for a living, my dream is to be the voice of an animated character so I was thrilled to bring the voice of feisty non-gender conforming Peanut alive on the LGBTQ animated YouTube series McTucky Fried High. 

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