Birmingham actor Barry Austin, who died earlier this month after a career as one of the most versatile and prolific actors in the city’s theater scene, will be honored in a program at Red Mountain Theatre on Monday night.

Austin died on April 3. He was 58.

Austin appeared in dozens of productions on the Birmingham stage, most recently performing the roles of Jacob and Potiphar in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” from July 21-Aug. 13, 2023, at Red Mountain Theatre.

“I am consistently stunned by the talent we have in our local pool of actors,” said Keith Cromwell, executive director of Red Mountain Theatre. “Barry was among the finest of them, lovely to work with. As he aged, his heart grew bigger and bigger. He was just a riot, just hysterical. He could be so funny and so poignant at the same time.”

Austin worked in health care business management, most recently as public affairs specialist at the Birmingham VA Hospital. But most people knew him from his prodigious stage career.

“He did 28 shows for TNT,” said Tam DeBolt, artistic director at Terrific New Theatre. Austin performed hundreds of times on various stages around Birmingham, including at Summerfest, Town and Gown, Birmingham Festival Theatre and Virginia Samford Theatre, she said.

“He could sing anything,” said DeBolt, who performed with Austin in several shows. “His creative spirit was boundless. He just wanted to make art. He tried to do it as much as he possibly could.”

He did shows at Birmingham-Southern College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree from 1984-88, and at the University of Alabama, where he earned his master’s degree in fine arts from 1996-99. He also taught theater to students at Shades Valley High School, DeBolt said.

During the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020, Austin spearheaded two online productions. “He was just constantly creating theater and art,” DeBolt said. “He was unbelievably talented and a wonderful director.”

Red Mountain Theatre, 1600 Third Ave. South, will host a tribute to Austin Monday, April 22, co-sponsored by TNT and Virginia Samford Theatre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event starts at 7 p.m., featuring stories and songs.

“There are people from all different parts of his life that we have pulled together for this event,” DeBolt said. “We’re going to try to do it in one hour.”

It’s open to the public and all are welcome, Cromwell said.

“We want to have a party and celebrate this amazing guy,” Cromwell said. “Afterward, we’ll be out in the lobby. Bars are open. We’ll laugh and talk and tell stories and reminisce. If anybody would like to gather to celebrate his life, we’d love to have them join us.”