A professional director and playwright, Heather (MFA, New York University's
Tisch School of the Arts, 1984) has taught Playwriting for the Theater Department for seven years. In the spring of 1999, she directed the GMU Players production of her 1986 play,
Rivers and Ravines, which was commissioned by the Arena Stage. Her play,
An Almost Holy Picture was named Best New Play of the Year by the Los Angelos Times and opened on Broadway at The Roundabout Theatre in February 2002 starring Kevin Bacon and directed Michael Mayer. Additionally, Heather was a guest at the 2001 Sundance Festival. Heather's play
When Grace Comes In premiered at The La Jolla Playhouse in the summer of 2002 and was produced by at the Seattle Repertory Theatre in September 2002. Recently, Heather wrote the libretto for
The End of the Affair. This Opera was comissioned by Houston Grand Opera and it premiered in there in March 2004. It has upcoming productions at Madison Opera, Opera Pacifica, the Pittsburg Opera, and Sydney. She also recently accepted a commision from Madison Repertory Theatre to adapt Gerda Lerner's memoir
Firewood.
