I AM MY OWN WIFE

 

 

WINNER
2004 TONY
® AWARDS
Best Play
Best Actor

WINNER
2004 PULITZER PRIZE
FOR DRAMA

WINNER
2004 DRAMA DESK
AWARDS
Outstanding Play
Outstanding Solo Performance

WINNER
2004 LUCILLE LORTEL
AWARDS
Outstanding Solo Show
Outstanding Scenic Design

WINNER
2004 OUTER CRITICS
CIRCLE AWARDS
Outstanding Broadway Play
Outstanding Solo Performance

WINNER
2004 DRAMA LEAGUE
AWARD
Distinguished Production of a Play

WINNER
2004 THEATRE WORLD
AWARDS
Jefferson Mays

WINNER
2004 OBIE AWARDs
Jefferson Mays, Performance
Moisés Kaufman, Direction
Derek McLane, Set Design

 

 
Click to zoom viewI Am My Own Wife tells of author Doug Wright's fascination with the life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite caught up in the great European dramas of the 20th century. Unlike many contemporaries, von Mahlsdorf survived the Nazi regime and its replacement in East Germany, the Soviet-dominated Communist dictatorship.


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The Broadway production completed its scheduled run of 26 previews and 361 performances in November, 2004.
I Am My Own Wife played with Jefferson Mays in English with Polish supertitles at the Stary Theatre in Krakow in April 2005.
I Am My Own Wife with Jefferson Mays was the feature presentation at the Dublin Theatre Festival in October 2005.

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Jefferson Mays in a scene from
I Am My Own Wife.

 

 

 

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I am my own wife by Doug Wright on broadway, lyceum theatre.  Starring Jefferson Mays, Directed by Moises Kaufamn. I Am My Own Wife: 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 the Nazi onslaught as well as the following, repressive Communist regime. The one-man play stars Obie-Award winner Jefferson Mays as over 40 characters, including the controversial figure herself and the American writer who becomes intrigued by her.