I Am My Own Wife
PLAYWRIGHT
Doug Wright
DIRECTOR
Freddie Ashley
January 25 – March 3, 2007
Gut-busting, in-your-face comedy!
SYNOPSIS
Based on personal interviews with von Mahlsdorf, Doug Wright’s Pulitzer and Tony-winning play tells a complex tale about tyranny, sexuality, morality, and survival.
Winner of both the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and 2004 Tony Award for Best Play, I Am My Own Wife spins the spellbinding tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who survived the horrors and upheavals of mid-20th century Europe through a combination of cunning intelligence, primal instinct and amazingly good fortune. Her matter-of-fact retelling of this remarkable, yet at times questionable, tale is the key to the fascination she inspires in both the author and the audience. Although it is non-fiction, the story is spun like an action-adventure drama, with a cross-dressing furniture buff as the hero. Doyle Reynolds plays thirty-six diverse characters creating a vivid portrait of the cunning and outrageous Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, an openly gay German transvestite who survived and flourished within the harrowing eras of Hitler’s Gestapo and East Germany’s Stasi.
“ALL THE MORE POWERFUL FOR BEING SO FEARLESSLY UNPREDICTABLE.”
– Los Angeles TIMES
“SEARING AND SENSATIONALLY FUNNY!”
– New York Times
“EXPLOSIVE. INSANELY ENTERTAINING AND COMPLETELY ENGAGING.”
– New York Magazine
Cast & Creative Team
Doyle Reynolds
Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf
Patrick Nesbitt
U/s Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf
PLAYWRIGHT
Doug Wright
DIRECTOR
freddie ashley
SCENIC DESIGNER
Leslie Taylor
LIGHTING & SOUND DESIGNER
JOSEPH P. MONAGHAN III
COSTUME DESIGNER
ENGLISH BENNING
DIALECT COACH
CYNTHIA BARRETT
PROPS MASTER
ELISABETH COOPER
Stage Manager
ALICIA QUIRK
CHARGE SCENIC DESIGNER
AMY FERGUSON KOHAN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
RACHEL WINOGRAD
SET DESIGNER
LESLIE TAYLOR
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
D. CONNOR MCVEY
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
ENGLISH BRACKETT
PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
TOM PRIESTER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
ELIZA CRAFT
CASTING DIRECTOR
SHEILA OLIVER
CASTING ASSOCIATE
JUSTIN KALIN
CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST
AMANDA NERBY
WIG DESIGNER
LAMONT SAMUELS
RUNNING TIME
Two hours with one intermission
CONTENT ADVISORY
Audience Advisory: This production contains full nudity, strong adult language and descriptions and depictions of sensitive and intense issues and situations. For more detailed information about potential trigger warnings, please click HERE
SEATING
There is open seating for this production.
PERFORMANCES
Previews
May 12 & 13 at 8 pm
Opening Night
May 14 at 8 pm
Regular Performances
May 14 – June 12, 2022
Wednesdays – Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm
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