Heather Litteer is a renowned actress, chanteuse, and writer, hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. Throughout her illustrious career, she has taken on daring roles in major motion pictures, working alongside an array of distinctive directors, including Jane Campion, Mary Harron, and Darren Aronofsky.
Heather's journey in the entertainment industry began in the early 1990s when she moved to New York City. She studied acting with Barbara Pitcher and joined the Friends Theatre Company, making her stage debut at the Bruno Walter Theatre at Lincoln Center at the tender age of 19. Her brief stint at Hunter College was soon interrupted by her fascination with the "downtown" performance, theatre, art, and cabaret scenes of NYC, where she has been an integral part of the community ever since.
Heather has received numerous accolades, including the HOWL! Arts Fellowship in 2018 and The William and Eva Fox Foundation's Theatre Communications Group Fox Fellowship from 2016 to 2018, in conjunction with La MaMa theatre. She wrote and world-premiered her one-woman show Lemonade at La MaMa in 2016, which received critical acclaim and went on to premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe with Assembly Rooms and at London's Kings Head Theatre in 2018. The Stage UK praised her performance, stating, "Intelligent, intuitive performance in a revelatory one-woman play."
Heather is a member of Caden Manson's critically acclaimed theatre company, Big Art Group, with whom she has toured extensively to renowned venues such as Hebbel Theatre in Berlin, Germany, Festival d' Automne in Paris, France, Wiener Festwochen in Vienna, Austria, REDCAT in Los Angeles, CA, and Yerba Buena. She has also performed with Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hardknocks and was recently cast in their newest project, SML: Zooma, Dead End.
Throughout her career, Heather has performed at a variety of esteemed theaters and venues, including The Kitchen, Abrons Art Center, Dance Space Workshop, Bruno Walter Theatre, Lincoln Center, Joe's Pub, The Wild Project, Judson Church, Pioneer Works, Irving Plaza, The New Museum, The Guggenheim Museum, and BAM Avery Fisher Hall.
Currently, Heather hosts her own variety show, Pleasure Seekers LIVE!, featuring a rotating cast of NYC's most lively denizens. She is also the founder of the long-running women's reading series, W.O.(e).R.D (Womens of Experience Read Downtown),currently housed at Howl! Arts. Heather is a recent member of Rimbaud Hattie, a band formed in honor of David Wojnarowicz and Brian Butterick (aka Hattie Hathway),featuring Julie Hair and Doug Bressler (former members of 3 Teens Kill 4) and artist John Kelly.
In addition, Heather serves on the advisory board of The Wild Project theatre and is a resident actor at La MaMa ETC. She is a longtime member of the legendary nightclub performance, The Jackie Factory, where she performs under the moniker, Rabbit.
