Dot & Ralfie

Dorothy Dot Greenbaum and Rafaela Ralfie Santopietro have been together for years, but as they age, their stable lives begin to show cracks. Ralfie cant navigate the stairs in their home after a debilitating knee replacement and Dots heart condition throws into question the viability of their careers, their housing, and their relationship. In their late sixties with no kids to lean on, the two women must come to terms with unforeseen questions of identity, love, and family. Dot is caring but hides hurtful secrets. Ralfies gruffness masks the physical and emotional pain she endures. Friends and relatives dont necessarily offer appealing role models for their third act. Dots sister Susan is pushing them toward a stuffy 55 or better community out in the burbs, populated by aging straights who mistake the butch Ralfie for a frumpy old man. Eighty-year-old ViolaDots friend and sometime loverlives alone and refuses help, even as she experiences a devastating fall. Rife with Hoffmans characteristic wit, Dot & Ralfie takes a hard, sometimes painful look at elder care in the LGBTQ+ community, and the unique struggles that come with getting older outside of heteronormative structures.