eloquent and touching portrait of a particular gay man's journey through the last half of the 20th century." Viagra Falls, written in 2005, had a concert performance at La MaMa on September 17, 2007, under the direction of Daniel Haben Clark. The play chronicles a young gay man's long-term sadomasochistic relationship with a closeted ophthalmologist. With Steve Susoyev, Birimisa edited Return to Caffe Cino, an anthology of essays and plays by writers associated with the Cino. The book won a 2007 Lambda Literary Award for Drama. Birimisa: Portraits, Plays, Perversions, an anthology of collected works and essays about Birimisa's personal life and career, was published in 2009. The anthology includes the unproduced screenplay The Kewpie-Doll Kiss, which chronicles Birimisa's childhood loss of his father, abandonment by his mother, and discovery of his sexuality, subjects he had earlier explored in A Dress Made of Diamonds (1976). Birmisa taught creative writing beginning in 1983, sponsored by New Leaf Services. He received the 2004 Harry Hay Award in recognition of his writing and community service. Before his death in 2012, he was writing an autobiography titled Wildflowers. Birimisa's unpublished manuscripts are in the Joe Cino Memorial Library at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. References External links George Birimisa's blog and photo archives Photograph from Birimisa's play Daddy Violet at the Caffe Cino, 1967 Another photograph from Daddy Violet at the Caffe Cino, 1967 Photograph from Birimisa's George Porgie at the Village Arena, 1960s Photograph of Birimisa in George Porgie at the Cooper Square Theatre, 1968 Birimisa's page on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections 1924 births 2012 deaths American gay actors American gay writers Writers from Santa Cruz, California American people of Croatian descent Lambda Literary Award for Drama winners American LGBT dramatists and playwrights LGBT people from California Male actors from Santa Cruz, California American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers