I Am My Own Wife
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I Am My Own Wife is a play by Doug Wright which examines the life of German individual 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.
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. 'I Am My Own Wife' won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Mays won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
The play won the Lambda Literary Award for Drama in 2009.
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.
In May of 2007, American theater company Northern Stage brought the production to HiFA (The Harare international Festival of the Arts), starring Kevin Loreque. The same production will appear in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August of 2007. Also in 2007, Actors Express in Atlanta, GA presented the southeastern regional premier, starring Doyle Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds won the Suzi Bass Award for Best Actor In A Play.
[edit] External links
- I Am My Own Wife
- I Am My Own Wife at the Internet Broadway Database
- Jefferson Mays - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org
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