Heather Ehlers to Present SPIN in LA and NY This Fall

Heather Ehlers, long-time stage actress, will present her solo work, Spin, to audiences in New York and Los Angeles this Fall. Spin is fifteen years in the making, and will perform at the Electric Lodge in Venice, CA, October 27-30, and as part of the United Solo Festival in New York City on November 12.

Spin is a hilarious, brutally honest play of transcendence via sex, love and spirituality. Ehlers catches herself every fifteen years in three distinct phases of womanhood, spinning in and out of stories from ages fifteen, thirty, and forty-five. She struggles with issues of identity and first love as a foreign exchange student. She is transformed through pregnancy and natural childbirth labor. And, she has a passionate affair that destroys her marriage and ultimately breaks her heart, bringing her back to herself with a new connection to spirit.

Throughout this tour-de-farce of feminine ferocity, Ehlers unabashedly shares her personal experiences as she rediscovers forgiveness and faith. Heather Ehlers has worked as a professional actress for over twenty-five years, appearing on Broadway in Born Yesterday, off-Broadway in Paradise for the Worried, Educating Rita, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, as well as in theaters across the country.

The United Solo Festival is a New York-based annual international festival for solo performances. Performances from many solo performers will be held October 20 through November 20, 2011 at the highly acclaimed Theatre ROW on 42nd Street. Tickets may be purchased at Telecharge.com. Spin will perform for one night only: November 12, 2011.

Spin will premiere at the Electric Lodge in Venice, CA. The Lodge has an environmental legacy, with several Eco-Stage Initiatives, and is on of the first solar-powered performing arts facilities in the country. Spin will perform at the Electric Lodge October 27-29 at 8:00pm, and on October 30 at 2:30pm. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased online at http://spintheplay.eventbrite.com.