Strangers, at its core, is about the beauty and the struggle of human connection and what happens in those moments when we get closer to someone else, or further removed from ourselves. Often that change is subtle and slow, but sometimes it is sudden and monumental. Here is Lyena Strelkoff.

Check out Lyena’s blog here.

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Dean and Lyena
Photo by Julia Sherburne

 

Dean and Lyena at their wedding

 

Dean and Lyena at their wedding

 

Lyena and her son, Aidan

 

Lyena, Dean and Aidan

 

Lyena performs her one-woman show, Caterpillar Soup,
which was supposed to run for three weeks and was extended to six months
Photo by Ed Krieger

 

Lyena performs her one-woman show, Caterpillar Soup
Photo by Ed Krieger

This episode originally aired May 31, 2012.

Producers:
Lea Thau