The Dialysis Project: Portrait of a Chronic Illness | The Pulse @thepulseami
The Dialysis Project: Portrait of a Chronic Illness | The Pulse  @thepulseami
Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Leah Lewis discusses her play, The Dialysis Project a one-woman multi-media performance piece, which investigates grief and resilience through the lens of self-administered home dialysis. Leah “performs” a dialysis treatment live on stage, and in doing so delivers a powerful visual metaphor for the accompanying stories of isolation, mortality, and sexuality.

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