Working with composer Goldrich, Heisler created the musical "Adventures in Love" — book by Shari Simpson and Charlie Shanian — which premiered in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2000. Later that year, the two women were chosen to be among the first 12 participants in a program from Musical Theater Works designed to support new musical theater talent while they developed new works for the organization to produce, with participants receiving $20,000 and medical insurance for up to three years during the development process.