Heidi Armbruster

Heidi is a New York based theater artist dedicated to creating new work and discovering new approaches to classical literature and theater.
Mrs. Christie: Theatreworks, Dorset Theatre Festival, Primary Stages (workshop), Orchard Project (residency). Dairyland: Playmakers Rep, Chautauqua Theater Festival, and workshops at Playhouse on Park, Primary Stages, The Lark, Luna Stage. Scarecrow: Dorset Theatre Festival, Vermont Public Theater, Next Act, Weidner Center Murder Girl: Forward Theatre Company (2024), workshops at Page 73, TAP, Kansas City Rep. Heidi was commissioned by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival to adapt Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, which premiered in their 2024 season. Heidi was a member of the Working Farm at Space on Ryder Farm, Page 73 Interstate...

Heidi is a New York based theater artist dedicated to creating new work and discovering new approaches to classical literature and theater.
Mrs. Christie: Theatreworks, Dorset Theatre Festival, Primary Stages (workshop), Orchard Project (residency). Dairyland: Playmakers Rep, Chautauqua Theater Festival, and workshops at Playhouse on Park, Primary Stages, The Lark, Luna Stage. Scarecrow: Dorset Theatre Festival, Vermont Public Theater, Next Act, Weidner Center Murder Girl: Forward Theatre Company (2024), workshops at Page 73, TAP, Kansas City Rep. Heidi was commissioned by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival to adapt Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, which premiered in their 2024 season. Heidi was a member of the Working Farm at Space on Ryder Farm, Page 73 Interstate Writers, and a founding member of Dorset Theatre Festival’s Women Artists Writing. As an actress, Heidi has extensive theater, film, and TV credits; most notably recurring as Noelle on Manifest, Karen on Partner Track, and Michelle on Younger.

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Scripts

Mrs. Christie

by Heidi Armbruster

3
Cast Size
8
Genre
adventure,
biography,
comedy,
dark comedy,
docudrama/historic,
mystery/thriller,
period

In 1926, famous author Agatha Christie, disappeared for eleven days, setting a mystery in motion that remains unsolved. Nearly 100 years later, Lucy, an American detective fiction fan, stumbles upon a clue that just might solve Christie’s disappearance once and for all. Heidi Armbruster’s new comedy shifts back and forth across time to explore the woman behind the mysteries and prove that sometimes you need to...

In 1926, famous author Agatha Christie, disappeared for eleven days, setting a mystery in motion that remains unsolved. Nearly 100 years later, Lucy, an American detective fiction fan, stumbles upon a clue that just might solve Christie’s disappearance once and for all. Heidi Armbruster’s new comedy shifts back and forth across time to explore the woman behind the mysteries and prove that sometimes you need to disappear in order to find yourself.

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Scarecrow

by Heidi Armbruster

1
Cast Size
1—10
Genre
biography,
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
holiday

A big-city actress lands back at her family’s Wisconsin dairy farm to grieve herself back to life. But can she ever make enough meatloaf to feel a sense of purpose again now that her most important person is gone? A look at loss and survival. Resilience and renewal. And Hallmark movies. Broadway’s Heidi Armbruster pens and performs a rip-roaringly hilarious and unbelievably touching one-woman journey of roller...

A big-city actress lands back at her family’s Wisconsin dairy farm to grieve herself back to life. But can she ever make enough meatloaf to feel a sense of purpose again now that her most important person is gone? A look at loss and survival. Resilience and renewal. And Hallmark movies. Broadway’s Heidi Armbruster pens and performs a rip-roaringly hilarious and unbelievably touching one-woman journey of roller coasters, kittens and cows.

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Murder Girl

by Heidi Armbruster

1
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
horror,
mystery/thriller

The State of Wisconsin has the highest per capita of both Supper Clubs and Serial Killers. Brother and sister, Eric and LeeAnn, inherited their Supper Club in the woods of Wisconsin after their mother's death. Family are the people you'd kill for or the people you'd like to kill. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.

The State of Wisconsin has the highest per capita of both Supper Clubs and Serial Killers. Brother and sister, Eric and LeeAnn, inherited their Supper Club in the woods of Wisconsin after their mother's death. Family are the people you'd kill for or the people you'd like to kill. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.

Dairyland

by Heidi Armbruster

2
Cast Size
5—8
Genre
comedy,
drama,
political,
romantic comedy

Allie, a food writer in NYC is determined to find authenticity in a world of internet dating, baby shower crafting, and journalistic in-fighting. But when she takes on the Farm to Table Movement, she finds herself on the wrong side of an epic food fight. She escapes the city for her father’s dairy farm to discover that she is waging a battle far more personal than she had imagined.

Allie, a food writer in NYC is determined to find authenticity in a world of internet dating, baby shower crafting, and journalistic in-fighting. But when she takes on the Farm to Table Movement, she finds herself on the wrong side of an epic food fight. She escapes the city for her father’s dairy farm to discover that she is waging a battle far more personal than she had imagined.