CAST
Nancy Carlin*, Catherine Castellano*, Anne Darragh*, AJ Davenport, Anne Hallinan, Gwen Loeb*, Sharon Omi*
*Actors’ Equity Association
How to Let Your Lover Die
Playwright
Elana Dykewomon
Elana Dykewomon (she/her) is a long-time social justice activist, editor and teacher in Oakland, CA, she’s published eight award-winning books foregrounding Lesbian heroism, including the Lambda-winning Beyond the Pale, and received the 2018 Lee Lynch Classic Award for her first novel, Riverfinger Women (from 1974). Co-edited with Judith Katz, “To Be a Jewish Dyke in the 21st Century,” a recent Sinister Wisdom special issue. Her play is about love, dementia, right to die, caretaking and community, honoring her late spouse, Susan Levinkind. She is grateful for all these years of lesbian inter-connection.