The Dialysis Project: Portrait of a Chronic Illness

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.  This is the November 10, 2022 episode.