I Am My Own Wife

I Am My Own Wife

Infobox Play
name = I Am My Own Wife


image_size = 150px
writer = Doug Wright
characters = Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, et al.
setting = Berlin, Germany
premiere = May 27 2003
place = Playwrights Horizons
New York City, New York
orig_lang = English
subject = A biography of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf,
genre = Drama
web = http://www.iammyownwife.com
playbill =
ibdb_id = 11252

"I Am My Own Wife" is a play by Doug Wright based on his conversations with German transvestite, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. The one-man play premiered Off-Broadway in 2003 at Playwrights Horizons. It opened on Broadway later that year. The play was developed with Moisés Kaufman and his Tectonic Theater Project, and Kaufman also acted as director. Jefferson Mays starred in the Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, playing some forty roles

Plot synopsis

"I Am My Own Wife" is an examination of the life of German antiquarian Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, born Lothar Berfelde, who killed his father when he was a young boy and survived the Nazi and Communist regimes in East Berlin as a transvestite.

Productions

In 2004, the play had its European premiere at Stockholms Stadsteater, Stockholm, starring Björn Kjellman. In 2006, the play was staged in Hudson, New York at Stageworks/Hudson starring Broadway actor Jeffrey Kuhn, in Toronto, Ontario at CanStage, with Stephen Ouimette in the starring role, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Playhouse Theatre with Canadian actor Tom Rooney, in Portland, Oregon at the Gerding Theater starring actor Wade McCollum, in Portland, Maine at the Portland Stage Company starring actor Tom Ford, and in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Performance Network Theatre starring actor Malcolm Tulip. In January 2007, the San Pedro Playhouse in San Antonio, Texas successfully mounted the play. It was also performed at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ from Jan 16, 2007 to Feb 11, 2007. It featured Mark Nelson, and was directed by Anders Cato. A French translation (Ma femme, c'est moi) will be performed in February 2009 at Théâtre du Rideau Vert in Montreal.

Awards and nominations

;Awards
* 2004 Drama Desk Award for Best New Play
* 2004 Drama League Award for Best Play
* 2004 Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Solo Show
* 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
* 2004 Tony Award for Best Play
* 2004 Lambda Literary Award for Drama

References

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External links

* [http://www.iammyownwife.com/ "I Am My Own Wife" official website]
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