Heather R. Dowling is an award-winning actress and writer. In 2019, Dowling premiered her second one-woman show, "Fertile" at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival, winning the Producers' Encore Award, and a nomination for Best Solo Performance. Dowling's first solo show, "Unemployed. Finally..." also won the Producers' Encore Award and Best Solo nomination at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival. In that show, she brought 39 characters to life and made it all the way to 42nd Street, NYC for United Solo - the largest solo theatre festival in the world.