Anna Westbrook
Storyteller (Live Musician, Composer, Playwright, Producer, Public Speaker)
- Role
- Composer Playwright Executive Producer at Isabel & The Runaway Train
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Anna Westbrook
I am a storyteller. I value peace of mind, routines and flexibility. My preferred medium for telling stories is musical theater. MISSION: I am uniquely gifted to address hard topics without the use of fear, guilt, or shame. My mission is to normalize discussions around mental health. Website: annawestbrook.com -SHORT BIO: Anna Westbrook is a storyteller. She values peace of mind, routines, and flexibility. Her preferred medium for telling stories is musical theater.LONG BIO: Anna Westbrook is a storyteller. She values peace of mind, routines, and flexibility. Her preferred medium for telling stories is musical theater. Any show she writes can be described as “a comedy until it’s not.” She uses her skills to tell stories of people improving their mental health. Along the way, she writes, speaks, sings, and plays various instruments. Her unique skillset is addressing a topic without the use of fear, guilt, or shame. She is best known for her original musical, Isabel and the Runaway Train, for which she raised $20K to produce in 2018,$50K to produce, record and stream in 2022, and licensed for outside use for the first time in 2023. She is a grant writer and event producer and has secured funding for both her own projects and the projects of others (the largest being a $25K City of Austin Elevate grant for local gospel group The Levites to put on a series of mental health themed events). She is the Founder of the production company Reimagine Normal, which turns musical theater into online learning. Reimagine Normal projects are slow burns. While she works on her long- term theater projects, Anna Westbrook supports herself in the short term by co-owning and teaching at a music school (Marigold Music in Pflugerville, TX). She is originally from Connecticut but has lived in the Austin, TX area for almost ten years. She has a BA in music composition from Connecticut College, a degree she earned slowly. In her twenties, she spent more time in therapy than most people spent in college; she is reaping the benefits of that investment in her thirties. She identifies as queer, neurodivergent, creative and well-loved. You can learn more about her work at annawestbrook.com
Experience
Composer Playwright Executive Producer
Jun 2018 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Isabel & The Runaway Train is a musical theater production that teaches support for survivors of sexual violence (S.V.). Learn more at IsabelandtheRunawayTrain.org.
Education
Connecticut College
Bachelor’s Degree, Music Composition
2013 — 2015
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
Study Abroad Program, Spanish Language and Literature
2010 — 2010
Southern Connecticut State University
Bilingual Elementary Education and Spanish
2009 — 2010
Skills
- Event Planning
- Fundraising
- Microsoft Office
- Creative Writing
- Community Outreach
- Editing
- Nonprofits
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Social Media
- Volunteer Management
- Illustrator
- Customer Service
- Public Speaking
- Teaching
- Grant Writing
- Blogging
- Research
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