In addtion, Heather is a classical vocalist, instrumentalist, composer, prayer leader and producer follows her passion for Yiddish song and bringing stories to life. She has most recently been seen touring with Wild Burning Rage and Song: Replies to Scottsboro; singing in the film “Burning off the Page” (San Francisco Jewish Film Festival), on PBS.com with the documentary “Harbor from the Holocaust,” working with the Folksbiene Theatre in New York City, and composing and acting for the Yiddish Theatre Ensemble in Berkeley. Heather has also worked with Sundance (MA), Music Theatre Group (NYC), YIVO (NYC), Ashkenaz Festival (Toronto), and the Yiddish Book Center (MA) as well as performances in Hungary and Israel, and extensively in the Bay Area and Canada.
Heather has premiered in many Yiddish roles and produced and recorded four albums. Her most recent albums were for her show “Shanghai Angel"—which Klein wrote,produced, and composed—about her grandmother’s escape from Nazi Europe to China to detainment on Angel Island, as well as “Rooted Lullaby,” an album with original trilingual lullabies. Klein was seen last month performing her show; Shanghai Angel: Finding Rosa at the Dallas Holocaust Museum and in the summer for a performance where her grandmother was detained on Angel Island. \
Klein currently tours her projects and continues her work as a freelance singer, tutor, voice teacher, positive Jewish role model and cantorial soloist while residing in Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband Eli, 6 year old daughter; Lila and Mom (Bubbe) and Dad (Zeyde) down the street.
We're thrilled that she will be lead evening Shabbat service this week and anxiously await for performance of Shanghai Angel!