Austin McKenzie
Stage Actor
Actor best known for his starring role in the Deaf West Theatre revival of Spring Awakening on Broadway. He and the rest of the cast utilized American Sign Language as the main medium of communication.
He studied American Sign Language at Columbia College Chicago. He had initially applied to Deaf West for a job as an interpreter.
He first saw the touring company of Spring Awakening when he was 15 years old. In 2014, he began taking part in the original revival of Spring Awakening set to debut at Inner City Arts in downtown Los Angeles.
He was born and raised in Mesa, Arizona. He and Kevin McHale have been dating.
In 2015, he began starring on Broadway in Spring Awakening with the Academy Award-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin.