Heather Hach

Heather Hach is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, School of Journalism. Hach cut her journalistic teeth working at The New York Times Denver Bureau as a research assistant and associate editor at Sports and Fitness Publishing. She became a member of Denver’s ComedySportz improv comedy troupe and went on to work on such television shows as “Caroline in the City” and “Dilbert” in lowly positions.

She then won the Walt Disney Screenwriting Fellowship in 1999, and later penned the screenplay for the Disney hit “Freaky Friday” (as well as the follow-up young adult novel, “Freaky Monday,” with Mary Rodgers). Hach has written for various studios in both film and television.

Hach wrote the book for “Legally Blonde: the Musical,” which ran for nearly two years on Broadway, receiving a Tony and Drama Desk nomination for Best Book. “Legally Blonde” won the U.K.’s Olivier for Best New Musical in 2011.

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