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Pegasus Players Artists
Heather Ireland
Heather Ireland (Rena) is thrilled to be back with Pegasus after appearing here last season as Othellia Potts in BLACK CAESAR. She was most recently seen in Live Bait’s production of ESCAPE. Other stage credits include MPAACT, Healthworks, and Redmoon and understudying THE GIFT HORSE at The Goodman Theatre. Heather was featured in the independent film Love Shorts which garnered several awards at Black film fests across the country. She is the founder of The People’s Jazz Theatre, a non-profit that brings arts opportunities to children and their communities. Her children’s play, A MERMAID’S TALE was chosen to be read for Chicago Dramatists’ first ever Saturday series focusing on theatre for young audiences. She also wrote Aesop & The Fabulous Fable Sisters, which was produced by The University of Chicago Summer Camp. As an administrator, Heather managed arts community and education programs for The Chicago Park District, The Jazz Institute of Chicago, Marwen, Jazz Unites and currently After School Matters. Heather holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from Theatre School at DePaul University.