Season
2020-21
Play
The Dialysis Project
Run Dates
May 25, 2021
May 27, 2021
May 29, 2021
Header image features: Leah Lewis. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
Playwright
Director
Cast
- Leah Lewis Leah
Crew
- Robert Chafe Dramaturg
- Kaitlin Hickey Project Design Collaborator
- Elysha Poirier Projection Designer
- Brian Kenny Lighting & Sound Designer/Technical Director
- Jana Gillis Stage Manager
- Emma Pope Livestream Technician & Camera Operator
Description
A live, personal encounter with one woman’s lived experience of self-administered home dialysis. Writer, performer, and kidney patient Leah Lewis invites audiences into her home via livestream for a unique “performance”. Hooking herself up to her dialysis machine, Leah offers us a window into a life-maintaining medical procedure, and simultaneously, into her own life, as she weaves an intimate story about isolation, relationships, mortality, resilience, and identity. Leah’s vivid, personal storytelling is supported by evocative visuals, resulting in a fascinating, funny, touching and utterly unique show.
Production type
- RCA Production