Acknowledgments 

 

 

This Lily Was (Fontana) is dedicated to my brother, Martin, who loved me as fiercely as I love him, and also with all of my love to the very many dear and true friends who have, knowingly and unknowingly, with infinite patience and absolute grace, saved me from myself by loving me while I staggered and while I stagger so blindly around this world, and to whom I owe so very much, especially:

Olivia Stacy Strong and Nora, Ed Hooks, Julien Astruc, Marco Vicinanza, Whitfield Lovell, Don Seaver, Emily Koch, John De Leonardis, Kenn Phipps, Wanda Dennis, Curtis Overacre, Christina Augello, Dott. Salvatore La Viola, Marco Moltrasio, Armelle Tozzi, Stephane Mottier, Alexandre Mottier, Midge Brecher, Owen Coté, Gaudérique de Vivie de Régie, Mariko Derpa, Taylor the bartender in the East Village, Eric Perl, Becky, my family, and, most of all, my strong and beautiful mother, Betty. They are all so necessary, because they are.

To Twilight Tiger Lily, Scott Rankins, Pierre Restany, Prof. Ugo Ruberti, Giovanni, and my father, Martin, who are no longer here on this earth, and whose presence I miss beyond words but whose hearts and love and faith I carry within.

I also would like to thank Nicole Gluckstern, Jen Kollmers, Dennis T. Giacino, Fiely A. Matias, Barry Smith, pc munoz, Alyson Belcher, John De Leonardis, and David Wasserman, for their support and encouragement.

 

Special thanks to the San Francisco Fringe Festival, the Marsh, the Rogue Performance Festival, and the iowa Fringe Festival.

And to Julien, the love of my life, je t'aime et je t'adore...