Bio
Courtney Leigh Heins
book, music & lyrics
Singer-songwriter Courtney Leigh Heins, a 2024 O'Neill NMTC Semifinalist and 2022 Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist, combines Americana music with compelling stories about life from the Heartland to Hollywood. Courtney has performed at SXSW, the Sundance Film Festival, Anchorage Folk Festival, The Abbey Theatre in Dublin, The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville and on Park City TV. She has released four albums, with her title track "Bright Blue World" winning IMEA Country Song of the Year and earning her an invitation to perform at Tapestry: A Day for Women, where she opened for keynote speaker Marilu Henner.
In 2017, Courtney was honored with a music fellowship from Women in Film, Los Angeles. Her music has been featured on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic and in television shows such as “Dance Moms” and “Heartland.”
A member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, and SAG-AFTRA, Courtney earned a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College in Theatre and English, and won the 1st annual BC playwriting award (Feeding Sparrows) as well as the 4th annual Topanga Pie Contest (chocolate chess). She currently resides in Los Angeles.
Mary Morales
music
Since graduating with honors in theatre and music from Knox College, Mary Morales has gone on to work as a writer, composer, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist throughout the United States. She currently resides in Los Angeles, continuing to create and collaborate as a multi-faceted artist in the film, theatre, and music industry.
Mary is the lyricist and co-composer at Throughline Music Production—built in 2016 with fellow co-founder and composer, Brenton Costa. Throughline’s music has been featured in Disney theme parks, as well as Netflix and Amazon Prime productions. They are currently orchestrating their first animated musical short, created by Costa with lyrics and music by Morales.
Her first EP “Short Songs on Melancholy Longings” by My Friend Mary can be found across all streaming platforms, and her sophomore release “Hum” is set to be complete by the end of the year.