I Am My Own Wife
by Doug Wright

Name: I Am My Own Wife
Brand: Doug Wright
SKU: 9780822220244
Rating: 3.9 (2637 reviews)

Broadway Off-Broadway

I Am My Own Wife Book Cover — I Am My Own Wife Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Male

90 mins 1940s/WWII Role(s) for Trans Actor(s) Role(s) for Non-Binary Actor(s) Interior Set Period Costumes American

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Lucille Lortel Award Pulitzer Prize Tony Award

Winner! 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! 2004 Tony Award for Best Play Nominee: 2004 Drama Desk Award for Best New Play Nominee: 2004 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show

Synopsis

THE STORY: Based on a true story, and inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright over several years, I AM MY OWN WIFE tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a real-life German transvestite who managed to survive both the Naz

Themes Communism Cross-dressers--Drama Collectors and collecting Cross-dressers Collectors and collecting--Drama Communism--Drama History Gay men Mahlsdorf, Charlotte von , 1928-2002 National socialism National socialism--Drama PS3573.R53252 I15 2005 Transgender people--Drama Transgender people

Press Reviews

"I Am My Own Wife is the most stirring new work to appear on Broadway this fall… both moving and intellectually absorbing."
— The New York Times

"I Am My Own Wife revels in a particular time and place, but it is more than a historical document. The play is a vivid portrait of a unique person whose ability to endure has been turned into a highly theatrical journey."
— Associated Press

"Riveting theatre… the structure of the play is original, challenging, and involving."
— Backstage

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
John Marks	—	—	—
Doug Wright	—	—	—
Tante Luise	—	—	—
Ss Officer	—	—	—
Ss Commander	—	—	—
Young Lothar Berfelde	—	—	—
Herr Berfelde	—	—	—
Prison Guard	—	—	—
Minna Mahlich	—	—	—
Cultural Minister	—	—	—
Stasi Official	—	—	—
Alfred Kirschner	—	—	—
Young Homosexual Man	—	—	—
American Soldier And His Buddy	—	—	—
Customs Official	—	—	—
Stasi Agent	—	—	—
Nurse	—	—	—
Prison Official	—	—	—
German News Anchor	—	—	—
Politician Markus Kaufmann	—	—	—
Ulrike Liptsch	—	—	—
Josef Rüdiger	—	—	—
Ziggy Fluß	—	—	—
First Neo-Nazi	—	—	—
Second Neo-Nazi	—	—	—