Jillian Hetherman is a librettist, composer-lyricist, theatre director, choreographer, and producer based in Connecticut.

Jillian is a graduate of Emerson College, earning her degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, Writing Musical Theatre and Film with a minor in History. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Jillian specializes in satire and musical comedy. Her work centers on the state of women in the world and American society as seen in her musicals “The Ball Game,” “Majority Rules,” and “Sweeps” (upcoming), as well as her senior thesis, “Drama Queens: An Examination of Female Characters: the Women Who Create Them, and the Men Who Sedate Them in the American Musical Theatre.” She is passionate about Broadway and musical theatre history and currently serves as a lecturer with JWM Theatricals.

 Jillian believes in cultivating joy, fun, and excitement in the room, and it translates onstage.

Originally, Jillian wanted to be a Big Broadway Star and decided to take a page out of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s book: write your own show and cast yourself in the lead! While her favorite place in the world is still the rehearsal room, she soon realized it is behind the table, rather than on the studio floor. She’ll still soak up the limelight at karaoke, though—don’t get it twisted.

When she’s not working on an upcoming project, Jillian can be found rattling off theater facts over dollar oysters or taking a casual 10-mile walk around the neighborhood.