Heather Provost

14/09/2020 58 min
Heather Provost

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This week Kevin and Paul talk with producer, writer, and director Heather ProvostHeather is a Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League Award-nominated producer. Critically acclaimed hits on Broadway include Reasons To Be Pretty by Neil LaBute (three Tony nominations including Best Play) and the musical [title of show] (Tony Nomination for Best Book of a Musical). Heather also produced and co-directed the feature film Racing Colt. She and writing partner Scott Damian most recently wrote A Joyous Christmas and Season for Love for Hallmark Channel. She is the current Producing Artistic Director at The Colony Theatre in Burbank.Highlights from this episode:Heather talks about her career starting as an actor and how her Mom helped to instill a spirit of courage and fearlessnessFaking her way into a New York waitress jobMaking the move to L.A. and discovering her passion and talent for producingTaking the leap back to New York as a Broadway producer and landing a Tony nomination for her workNavigating a very difficult and challenging year in New YorkTips as a writer. Serving the story. Focusing on what is going to make a script the best that it can be, and make it sellable. Organization is key for the writer (and artist)“The key to having it all is knowing that you already do.”Additional show highlights:We’re now live streaming episodes on YouTube on Tuesday nights at 8pm.Vaudacity Network has crossed the 1K subscribersWe read viewers comments from YouTube live stream, which includes unpacking some funny family dynamics in Kevin’s homeFind Heather Provost at https://www.instagram.com/psirulehpro/https://twitter.com/psirulehpro