Draft:Amy Austin (theater director)

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Amy Austin has been the President and CEO of Theatre Washington since 2015{{Cite news |last=Pressley |first=Nelson |date=2025-09-17 |title=Former City Paper publisher named as Theatre Washington CEO |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/former-city-paper-publisher-named-as-theatre-washington-ceo/2015/09/17/4c5b554a-5d4c-11e5-8e9e-dce8a2a2a679_story.html |archive-url= |work=The Washington Post}}. She is Publisher Emeritus of Washington City Paper, a member of the Leadership Greater Washington board, former board chair of The Theatre Lab and a board member of Destination DC. Ms. Austin has been a recipient of the DC Jazz Festival's John Conyers Jr. Advocacy Award.{{Cite web |title=Homepage {{!}} TheatreWashington |url=https://theatrewashington.org/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=theatrewashington.org}}

Ms. Austin is originally from Princeton, Illinois; she came to Washington, D.C. in the 1980s. Prior joining Theatre Washington, she held leadership positions at the Horizons Theater and Theater Leadership Lab School for Dramatic Arts. She previously spent 15 years as Publisher for Washington City Paper.{{Cite news |last=Shulman |first=Randy |date=5 November 2017 |title=Amy Austin: An interview with TheatreWashington's Leading Lady |url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2017/05/amy-austin-interview-theatrewashingtons-leading-lady/ |url-status=live |work=Metro Weekly}}