Works by Heidi Armbruster:
ROGER ACKROYD
MRS. CHRISTIE
DAIRYLAND
SCARECROW
MURDER GIRL
Synopses:
Roger Ackroyd – The murder of Roger Ackroyd sends shockwaves through the tight-knit community of King’s Abbot, a drowsy village now awash with suspicion and secrecy. Not to fear — a certain mustachioed Belgian detective is on the case! This highly theatrical adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1926 masterpiece delves deep into the human psyche’s intricate dance with truth and deception, embracing the champagne nihilism and theatrical pleasures of the whodunnit game.
Mrs. Christie – 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.
Dairyland – Raw from an ill-fated office romance, stinging from a journalistic rivalry, and exhausted by online dating and baby shower crafts, Allie, a food writer in NYC, never expects to find herself on the wrong sid e of an epic food fight. When she escapes to her father’s fairy farm in Wisconsin, she meets a cow named Patches who shows her the way home.
Scarecrow – A big-city actress lands back at her dad’s Wisconsin dairy farm to grieve herself back to life. Sound like a Hallmark movie? Not so fast. A look at survival in a Hallmark world and how to grow your own renewal. Broadway’s Heidi Armbruster pens and performs a rip-roaringly hilarious and unbelievably touching one-woman journey of roller coasters, meatloaf, kittens, and cows.
Murder Girl – 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.
Bio:
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 (2024), Weidner Center (2024). Murder Girl: Forward Theatre Company (2024), workshops at Page 73 (2024), TAP, Kansas City Rep. Heidi was commissioned by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival to adapt Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, which will premiere 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.
Website: www.heidiarmbruster.com