The Plays
Eat, Slay, Leave
By Heather Meyer
6W
A horror-comedy with a satirical take on “self-care” culture. In the play, three women try to take a break from their busy late 30’s lives by having a “self-care” weekend at a cabin in the northwoods of Minnesota. However, their misguided relaxation and rejuvenation methods conjure up supernatural forces that terrifying them into facing the darkest parts of themselves in order to survive. Filled with stage combat, a single set, and bath bombs.
Production History
Reverie Theatre Co, Gold Coast, Australia 2024
Illinois State University, Normal, IL 2023
3rd Act Theatre Co, Oklahoma City, Ok 2022
New Leaf Phoenix Theatre, Minneapolis, MN2019.
The Convent of Pleasure
Adapted by Heather Meyer from the 1668 by Margaret Cavendish
6W
A wealthy woman creates an all-female society to escape the pressures of marriage by dedicating her life to only experiencing pleasures, never discomfort. She must negotiate her own views on pleasure when she falls in love with one of her female citizens.
Production History
World Premiere Production - Theatre Pro Rata, Minneapolis, MN June 6-21 2021
The Hired Man
By Heather Meyer
4W, 2M
A restless cattlewoman is hired on at a struggling ranch in this re-dreamed, reinvention of the Oedipus story set in the modern-day American West.
Production History
Theatre Pro Rata - Minneapolis, MN September 25-October 10, 2026
Cincinnati New Play Festival - Cincinnati Lab Theatre, Ohio July 2018
WAITRIX: Dominatrix Waitress
By Heather Meyer
2W, 3M Flexible
Something different is on the menu when a terrible waitress meets a mean-spirited restaurant critic. However, the customer isn't always right, especially when he's been a very bad boy. Whips. Chains. Order Up.
Production History
Black Market Doctor - Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN, August 2014
Merblades: Memoirs of a James Cameron
By Heather Meyer
3W, 2M Flexible
The king of the world meets the queen of the ocean in this epic oceanic adventure featuring Titanic filmmaker James Cameron as he explores the ocean floor and becomes entangled in a feud between two ancient metal mermaids - Merblades. Based on real and fake facts.
Production History
Black Market Doctor - Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN, August 2012
Your Responsibility for Sex Failure
By Heather Meyer with Mary Certain
3W, 1M
Get your outdated sex advice! Based on a 1964 women's magazine, medical fantasies come to life in a dashing doctor's office. Sexy. Campy. Doctory. It's 1964. An "audience pick" winner in the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival.
Production History
Vintage Remix - Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN, August 2011
Stepmother's Manifesto
By Heather Meyer
6-gender flexible
Cinderella has never been so inappropriate in this reality TV makeover.
Production History
Left Coast Theatre - San Francisco Oct 2013
RT + MPLS: The Legend of R.T. Rybak
By Heather Meyer
4-gender flexible
Long-time Minneapolis Mayor’s romance with the city of Minneapolis is tested when he’s seduced by Minnesota into running for governor. Probably the only love letter written to a politician.
Production History
Black Market Doctor - Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minneapolis 2013
Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak greets actor/puppeteer Michael Krefting and the puppet RT at a performance of RT+MPLS: The Legend of RT Rybak in Minneapolis in 2014.
The Shorter Plays: Ten minutes or so
Her Big Day
By Heather Meyer
An all too hospitable bride turns into the anti-bridezilla on her wedding day.
Vague, Generic or Wishy-Washy!
by Heather Meyer
The only game show where the host makes up the rules and eveybody strives to be marginalized! Fun!
Santa Claus-tastrope
By Heather Meyer
Santa gets pissed when he is refused acceptance into the Justice League, prompting Old Kris Kringle to turn to the dark side and terrorize the world as a super villian.
Woman with a Bat
By Heather Meyer
Moments of baseball highlight milestones in a women's life.
Chosen for the "best of" production by Georgetown Theatre Company's 2013Swan Day.
Being Reasonable
by Heather Meyer
A one-woman piece about an affair with a professor and the subsequent obsession of, which of course, is anything but reasonable.
A Well-Made Lunch
By Heather Meyer
When a young dragon's lunch is stolen by a bully, he learns that he doesn't have to know how to breathe fire to be brave.
Intergalactic Fashion Police
By Heather Meyer
Detective Jupiter is on the case when she discovers there's a jewelry thief stealing all the planetary rings in the solar system.