Heather wrote her first play No More Storks, inspired after performing a mentally-challenged character, whom she couldn't seem to release at the end of the run. It debuted at the Manhattan Theatre Club Studios in New York City, and followed a Mid-western man's struggle to find balance between caring for his mentally challenged sister and pursuing his own dreams. She felt a need, as in most of her writing since, to explore the unique viewpoint of those characters labeled "abnormal" in our society, and ultimately relate how their deepest humanity is not so different from our own -- and how living beside such characters alters and often improves the perspectives of those deemed "normal".... Oh, and there are some chuckles in there too. Her first film, Waiting Room, produced by Cinapse/Donahuefilms with New York director, Tom Donahue, and actor, Jake Robards, is a psychological drama following a woman haunted by her past, as she anticipates a doctor's appointment that will change her life or leave her utterly alone. Other screenplays include: The Puppeteer, a psychological suspense thriller about a rising children’s book author who falls in love with a felon on parole, falsely convicted of molesting a 13 year-old. As she digs for the truth, she unearths a web of deceit in judicial politics and her own past, more excruciating to face than any villain in her fantasies, which challenge her ideas of happily ever after… Other stage plays include: Leftovers involves three women from a fractured family, whose holiday reunion to help their Alzheimer-stricken father, reveals that the deepest love requires letting go. *Developed at the Abingdon Theater, National Arts Club and the Workshop Theater Company in New York City. Table for Two and a Half, a short dark comedy about two woman, two worlds, two perceptions of love and reality. With a lemon twist... *Produced at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Gotham Theater in NYC. Heather studied with playwright, Jeffrey Sweet, and screenwriters, Robert McKee, Quinton Peeples. She's a current resident with LA’s Writer’s Boot Camp, and graduated from Cornell University. |