Heidi is very honored to be back at Duke University celebrating the centennial. Though Heidi originally was on a public policy track at Duke, she ended up graduating in 1994 with a degree in drama. She performed in many new works at Duke, but her mainstage productions included He Who Gets Slapped, Threepenny Opera, and Our Town, playing the role of the Stage Manager. With Hoof ‘n’ Horn, Heidi played Maggie in A Chorus Line. Off-campus, Heidi found another theatrical home in Durham at Manbites Dog Theater where she played Emily in Blue Window, and The Girl in Night Songs, Street Songs.
Most recently, Heidi returned home to New York City from a year on the road after her critically acclaimed run as Mary Jane Healy in the TONY Award-winning musical Jagged Little Pill. Heidi was particularly proud to bring JLP to DPAC last spring. She reopened the Broadway company of Jagged Little Pill as it came back from the pandemic. Additionally, she created the role of Katherine in Disney’s Freaky Friday for Disney Channel and Disney On Broadway. Other Broadway credits include: Something Rotten! (Bea Bottom), “The Addams Family” (Alice), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Ursula), The Full Monty and “[Title of Show],” the TONY-nominated musical Heidi co-created with her friends and collaborators. Other New York: New York City Center’s Encores: The Most Happy Fella (Cleo), The Vineyard Theatre: Now. Here. This. and [Title Of Show]. Favorite Regional: The Weston Playhouse: Next to Normal (Diana), The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre and PBS: First You Dream: The Music Of Kander and Ebb, and Ford’s Theatre: Meet John Doe (Ann Mitchell, Helen Hayes Award).
Theater Studies