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FILM | ||
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Feral Fatale |
Lead |
Dir. Em Eisner |
Banana Season |
Supporting |
Dir. Sanghoon Lee |
Shaia & Will |
Supporting |
Dr. Ben Eisner |
Eat at Joe's |
Lead |
Dir. Ben Einser |
BOOM |
Lead |
Dir. Lee Madsen |
Wasted Holiday |
Lead |
Dir. Jer Sklar |
School of Bricks |
Lead |
Dir. Vickie Eisenstein |
Vadgevertising |
Supporting |
Dir. Kate Peterson |
Sketch |
Supporting |
Dir. Neil Kocsis |
Dead On |
Lead |
Dir. Carolyn Banks |
So Much Water So Close To Home |
Lead |
Dir. Lucia Duncan |
I.R.L. |
Lead |
Dir. Paul Merryman |
The Cutback |
Lead |
Dir. Lehr Beidelschies |
Take A Right |
Lead |
Dir. Basil Shadid |
NEW MEDIA | ||
Mad and Finally Single podcast |
Co-Producer, Co-host |
Dir. Sommer Austin/Jamie Black |
Sweet Valley Diaries podcast |
Featured Guest |
Dir. Marissa Flaxbart |
Icky Lousy Junkie Life podcast |
Featured Guest |
Dir. Jamie Black |
I'm a Basshole podcast |
Featured Guest |
Dir. Doug Bass |
SHABAM! podcast |
Supporting |
Roddenberry Podcasts |
Lake Diplomas - RNC |
Lead |
Onion Productions, LLC |
First Time Parents |
Lead |
Clickhole/Onion Prod. LLC |
Veterans Against the War Gala |
Lead |
Femurcomedy |
TV | ||
Pitchman (Pilot) |
Lead |
Mindlight Films |
Lonelybloggers (Pilot) |
Lead |
Mindlight Films |
The Look For Less |
Self |
The Style Network |
THEATRE/IMPROV/SKETCH | ||
At the Center |
Elizabeth Harvey |
The Agency Theater |
Out of Tune Confessional |
Alana Pretty-Pretty/co-writer |
The Agency Theater |
Clifford Odets' Paradise Lost |
Libby |
The Agency Theater |
The Other Place |
Juliana (u/s) |
Profiles Theatre |
Messiah on the Frigidaire |
Mother |
Hubris Productions |
The CEO of Everything |
Improviser (6 years) |
The Playground Theater |
Narwhal |
Improviser |
iO Chicago Theater |
The Alliance |
Featured performer/co-writer |
Mary's Attic |
365 Days/365 Play Series |
Various Roles |
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre |
Brecht's Baden Lehrstucke |
Learned Chorus |
Red Tape Theatre Co. |
Esther's Follies |
Featured Performer |
Esther's Follies, Inc. |
Tales of Shakespeare |
Ariel/Lady Capulet/Helena |
Zachary Scott Theater |
Maybe Tonight |
Ensemble/co-writer |
Zachary Scott Theater |
Hamlet |
Ophelia* |
Mitchell Theatre |
Careless Love |
Marie/Actress |
Mitchell Theatre |
Stop Kiss |
Callie |
Mitchell Theatre |
The Cherry Orchard |
Varya |
Vilas Black Box |
A Flea In Her Ear |
Lucille |
Hemsley Theatre |
Endgame |
Clov |
Mitchell Theatre |
All's Well That Ends Well |
Diana (u/s) |
American Players Theatre |
As You Like It |
Phebe (u/s) |
American Players Theatre |
The Firebugs |
Anna |
Mabie Theatre |
7 Dwarfs (de la Jeune Lune adaptation) |
Edna |
Riverside Theatre |
Twelfth Night |
Ensemble |
Riverside Theatre |
He Who Gets Slapped |
Countess Mancini |
Mabie Theatre |
The Dictator's Nose |
Flea/Betty |
Iowa Playwright's Festival |
*Performance nominated for Irene Ryan Award by ACTF |
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STAND-UP COMEDY | ||
Dat Phan & Friends |
Co-host (2.5 years) |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Comedy Festival |
Stand-up |
Burbank |
Flappers Comedy Club |
Stand-up |
Burbank |
Riot Grrrl Comedy Fest |
Stand-up |
Los Angeles |
The Dog & Funny Show at Zanies |
Stand-up |
Zanies, Chicago & Rosemont |
The Divorce Diaries at Zanies |
Stand-up |
Zanies, Chicago |
Female Funnies at Zanies |
Stand-up |
Zanies, Chicago |
The Gogo Show |
Producer, Host (2 years) |
The Lincoln Loft, Chicago |
the kates |
Stand-up |
The Book Cellar, Chicago |
Femurcomedy |
Stand-up |
The Lincoln Lodge, Chicago |
Flabby at The Abbey |
Stand-up |
The Abbey Pub, Chicago |
The Chicago Women's Funny Festival |
Host (2 years) |
Stage 773, Chicago |
Chicago Ladies in Comedy Showcase |
Producer, Host (5 years) |
Chicago |
Malort Mondays Comedy Showcase |
Featured stand-up |
The Green Door, Chicago |
PRINT MODELING | ||
American Medical News |
Photographer: Callie Lipkin |
Chicago, IL |
Aus-Tex Printing |
Photographer: Ricardo Acevedo |
Austin, TX |
Kenneth Gall Photography |
Photographer: Kenneth Gall |
Austin, TX |
Pete Stenberg Photography |
Photographer: Pete Stenberg |
Chicago, IL |
Luke Granfield Photography |
Photographer: Luke Granfield |
Iowa City, IA |
EDUCATION/TRAINING | ||
M.F.A. in Acting |
University of Wisconsin |
Madison, WI |
B.A. in Theatre |
University of Iowa |
Iowa City, IA |
Meisner Teacher Certificate Program |
Larry Silverberg's True Acting Institut |
St. Petersburg, FL |
Shakespeare Intensive |
Shakespeare & Company |
Dallas, TX |
Improv Conservatory |
iO Chicago |
Chicago, IL |
Comedy Writing |
iO Chicago |
Chicago, IL |
Incubator Improv Training Program |
The Playground Theater |
Chicago, IL |
Stand-up Comedy |
Cameron Esposito, Patti Vasquez |
Chicago, IL |
Playwriting |
The New Colony Theatre |
Chicago, IL |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'5" |
Weight: 135 lbs |
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Combat: Broadsword, Comedy Writing - 15yrs, Drawing (by hand), Fully Vaccinated, Improv Comedy - 15yrs, Magician's Assistant, Shakespeare/Classical, Stage combat: Dagger, Stage combat: Knife, Stage combat: Rapier, Stage combat: Unarmed, Stand-up Comedy 12yrs, Aerobics, Combat - Stage, Cycling, Running - General, Snorkeling, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - butterfly, Swimming - freestyle, Yoga, Comedian, Host, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Modeling, Singer, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Style: Belt, Voiceover, American - Minnesota Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, American - Texan Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Scouse/Liverpool Accent, Canadian Accent, Irish Accent
Sommer Austin originally hails from Des Moines, Iowa. Dubbed a comedian “we all should steal from” by The Chicago Tribune, Sommer has performed all over the Chicagoland and Los Angeles metro areas, including Zanies, Riddles, Flappers, iO, and the famed The Second City, where she was also a teacher. She is a regular co-host of the Dat Phan & Friends comedy show in Los Angeles and is currently an acting teacher at Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop in Hollywood and is a co-host of the Mad & Finally Single podcast.