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Heather is a Shakespeare-trained actor and singer with a passion for making text accessible and vibrant. She infuses each performance with deep empathy for her characters.

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Heather is onstage in a brown buttoned tunic. She kneels and holds the hand of a Black actor with blond braids and a purple dress. The two smile tenderly at each other.

The Winter’s Tale / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Bill Whitaker / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

“Actors, in Shakespeare, can recite the lines or they can own them… Some in the cast who truly own their lines include: …Heather Elaine Anderson, who convinces us of Camillo’s good faith…”

— Steve Callahan, KDHX
Heather is onstage in a grey wig and a grey striped dress. She looks directly at the viewer and sings sadly. Lights dimly illuminate the stage fog behind her.

Cabaret / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Jeffery Matthews / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

“Maxwell Spinner and Heather Anderson are excellent as the elderly couple… Anderson’s exquisitely sung numbers are deeply moving.”

— Gerry Kowarsky, HEC

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  • Heather is onstage wearing glasses, a rustic tan coat, and a long white tunic. With wide eyes, she speaks to an off-camera figure, gesturing confidently.

    The Winter’s Tale / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Bill Whitaker / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage in a grey wig and purple 1920s-style dress. She leans against a door, smiling coyly at a college-age man with light skin, greyed hair, and a beige sweater.

    Cabaret / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Jeffery Matthews / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage in a brown wool peacoat and a patterned vest. She holds a black top hat with gears, and stares off frustratedly as a white actor in a black trenchcoat and cowboy hat jumps and flails.

    Henry IV, Part 1 / CommShakes Apprentice Rep. Co. / Dir. Bryn Boice / Credit: Benjamin Rose Photography

  • Heather is onstage in an orange dress and beige sweater. She listens skeptically to a Black woman in her 20s, who wears a brown hair wrap, a green dress, and an A-shaped brand on her chest. Projected text reads, "I totally agree with you."

    Fucking A / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Jacqueline Thompson / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather bursts onstage, hunched over and panicked. She wears a green buttoned shirt with flowing black pants. A middle-aged white man in glasses and a blue suit looks at a music stand, bewildered.

    Nidoto Nai Yoni / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Ellen Schaaf

  • Heather is onstage holding yellow flowers. She wears glasses, a rustic tan coat, a long white tunic, and a fake white beard. She looks at a college-age white woman in a flowing pink dress, bemused and intrigued.

    The Winter’s Tale / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Bill Whitaker / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage in a grey wig and purple 1920s-style dress, gleefully holding a pineapple in the air. A college-age man in white face paint stands behind in red, ominous lighting.

    Cabaret / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Jeffery Matthews / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage in a blue wool coat and a Victorian sheriff's cap. She locks eyes with a Black actor wearing a brown suede vest and white overshirt, as a white actor in a grey buttoned coat and gears on their face leans over Heather's shoulder.

    Henry IV, Part 1 / CommShakes Apprentice Rep. Co. / Dir. Bryn Boice / Credit: Benjamin Rose Photography

  • Heather is onstage in a faded blue floral dress, grey apron, and dark hair wrap. She sits on steps and speaks concernedly to a Black woman in her 20s, who wears glasses, a green shirt, and a faded pink floral dress.

    Fucking A / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Jacqueline Thompson / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage beside a music stand. Her hair is half-up half-down, and she wears a green buttoned shirt with flowing black pants. She covers one eye with her hand, staring in shock.

    Nidoto Nai Yoni / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Ellen Schaaf

  • Heather is onstage, wearing glasses, a French twist, and a black suit with gold buttons and insignia. She puts her hand to her stomach and speaks with disgust.

    The Winter’s Tale / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Bill Whitaker / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage in a grey wig and purple 1920s-style dress. She sings meditatively, as a white college-age man in a beige trenchcoat sits behind, listening.

    Cabaret / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Jeffery Matthews / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage in a brown wool peacoat and a patterned vest. She holds a black top hat with gears, and speaks reflectively. A white actor with slicked short hair and strong makeup crosses their arms as they listen.

    Henry IV, Part 1 / CommShakes Apprentice Rep. Co. / Dir. Bryn Boice / Credit: Benjamin Rose Photography

  • Heather is onstage in an orange dress and beige sweater. Pen in hand, she looks intently through the figures on a legal notepad and narrows her eyes.

    Fucking A / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Jacqueline Thompson / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage beside a music stand. Her hair is half-up half-down, and she wears a green buttoned shirt with flowing black pants. Under dim orange lighting, she folds over, covering her face in grief.

    Nidoto Nai Yoni / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Ellen Schaaf

  • Heather is onstage, wearing glasses, a French twist, and a black suit with gold buttons and insignia. She stands tall, staring down an off-camera figure with poise.

    The Winter’s Tale / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Bill Whitaker / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage in a grey wig and purple 1920s-style dress. A college-age man with light skin, greyed hair, and a beige sweater sings to her, and she gazes off with her hand on her hip.

    Cabaret / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Jeffery Matthews / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage, holding yellow flowers and standing in a crowd. She wears glasses, a rustic tan coat, a long white tunic, and a fake white beard. She claps with dignified approval.

    The Winter’s Tale / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Bill Whitaker / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography

  • Heather is onstage in an orange dress and beige sweater. She stands at a desk and holds a pen and legal notepad. She speaks smilingly to an off-camera figure.

    Fucking A / WashU in St. Louis / Dir. Jacqueline Thompson / Credit: Jack Rushen Photography