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"Theatre reviews: Two plays are telling reports from the frontlines of the now". The Globe and Mail, September 26, 2014. and garnered a Lambda Literary Award nomination in the Drama category at the 29th Lambda Literary Awards in 2017."M.E. Girard, Vivek Shraya among 13 Canadians nominated for 2017 Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, March 14, 2017.
The play, about a longtime lesbian couple's divorce, was inspired in part by the end of Fine's own relationship with Rachel Epstein."'Queer divorce' examined in playwright's new work". Canadian Jewish News, September 18, 2014. Prior to their separation, Fine and Epstein were involved in a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms around the rights of non-biological parents.Donna Jean MacKinnon, "Alternative parenting pioneer". Toronto Star, June 14, 2007.
Her other plays have included Dany's Gift and Body and Soul.
Fine is Jewish. Her daughter, Sadie Epstein-Fine, is also a playwright, noted for collaborating with Curtis te Brinke on the 2016 play Tire Swing.Chris Dupuis, "Why two young queer artists are self-producing their own play". Xtra Magazine, October 17, 2016.
References
External links Lois Fine at the Playwrights Guild of Canada