Original Article: The Wave Newspapers

“'Ya' Gotta Go Higher' means just that,” Spencer tells The Wave during a recent break from rehearsal. “I’ve recovered in the past 15 years from alcohol, drugs, guns, pimping, hate, resentment — just a laundry list of stuff to get over. But basically we’re all recovering from something, whether it’s drink, cigarettes, debt, food, sex or exercise. We all have choices to make.”

The title of the show came from a late-night inspiration that would be familiar to any “Seinfeld” fan.

“I was originally thinking of calling it ‘The Junkie Monologues,’” a catchy riff on the popular women’s stage play. “Larry came around to the studio one night and I asked him what he thought. He said, ‘No, you’ve gotta go higher.’ I said, ‘That’s it.’ He said, ‘What’s it?’ I said, ‘Ya gotta go higher. That’s the title of the show.’”