Lois Fine

Lois Fine is a Canadian playwright. She is most noted for her play Freda and Jem's Best of the Week, which premiered at Buddies in Bad Times in 2014[1] and garnered a Lambda Literary Award nomination in the Drama category at the 29th Lambda Literary Awards in 2017.[2]

The play, about a longtime lesbian couple's divorce, was inspired in part by the end of Fine's own relationship with Rachel Epstein.[3] Prior to their separation, Fine and Epstein were involved in a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms around the rights of non-biological parents.[4]

Her other plays have included Dany's Gift and Body and Soul.

Fine is Jewish.[3] Her daughter, Sadie Epstein-Fine, is also a playwright, noted for collaborating with Curtis te Brinke on the 2016 play Tire Swing.[5]

  1. ^ "Theatre reviews: Two plays are telling reports from the frontlines of the now". The Globe and Mail, September 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "M.E. Girard, Vivek Shraya among 13 Canadians nominated for 2017 Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, March 14, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "'Queer divorce' examined in playwright's new work". Canadian Jewish News, September 18, 2014.
  4. ^ Donna Jean MacKinnon, "Alternative parenting pioneer". Toronto Star, June 14, 2007.
  5. ^ Chris Dupuis, "Why two young queer artists are self-producing their own play". Xtra Magazine, October 17, 2016.