MEET TEACHING ARTIST, HEIDI ARMBRUSTER

Watch an interview with Heidi Armbruster about her 2019 World Premiere play, MRS. CHRISTIE.

Heidi Armbruster is a New York based theater artist dedicated to creating new work and discovering new approaches to classical literature and theater. Heidi is a founding member and co-curator of Dorset Theater Festival’s Women Artists Writing, a group dedicated to cultivating the emergence of diverse theatrical voices. Heidi’s play “Mrs. Christie” received its world premiere at Dorset Theater Festival in the summer of 2019.  “Mrs. Christie” was developed at Primary Stages, Dorset Theater Festival, SPACE on Ryder Farm (as a member of the resident writer’s group The Working Farm), and multiple residencies at The Orchard Project.  “Dairyland” received its world premiere in the fall of 2019 at Playmakers Repertory Company after workshops at Playhouse on Park, Primary Stages ESPADrills, The Lark, Red Fern Theater, Luna Stage, and the New Play Workshop at The Chautauqua Theater Festival in 2014.  Heidi’s play “Murder Girl” has been workshopped by Kansas City Rep and Red Caravan.  “Every Good Girl Deserves Fun (and other misremembered things),” a commission from Clutch Productions, was produced in New York in the fall of 2015 at Walker Space.  “Where the I Divides” received development by San Francisco’s ReACT.  Heidi’s short play “Purgatory” was a part of Red Bull Theater’s inaugural 2011 Short Play Festival, subsequently published by Smith and Kraus in their “Best Ten Minute Plays of 2013” anthology, and “Red Bull Shorts Anthology.”

As an actress, Heidi has extensive New York and regional theater credits, including “Time Stands Still” on Broadway, Lincoln Center’s production of the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Disgraced,” the New York premieres of Sam Hunter’s “Lewiston/Clarkston” at Rattlestick, Anna Ziegler’s “Boy” at Keen Company, Tracy Letts’ “Man from Nebraska” at Second Stage, and Theresa Rebeck’s “Poor Behavior” at Primary Stages.  Heidi was awarded a Drama League Nomination for her work in the Keen Company’s revival of “Tea and Sympathy.”  Heidi’s Film and TV credits include Poor Behavior, My Man Is A Loser, Michael Clayton, Revolutionary Road, The Northern Kingdom, Pose, Tommy, Daredevil, Divorce, Louie, The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, 30 Rock, SVU, House of Cards, and Michelle on Darren Star’s TV Land hit Younger.

Heidi received her MFA in Acting from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. heidiarmbruster.com