Is the founder and artistic director of the New
York-based Tectonic Theater Project. For Tectonic he wrote and directed
Gross Indecency:The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Lucille Lortel
Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, GLAAD Media Award, Lambda Book Award, Joe
Callaway Award). With members of Tectonic, he also directed and wrote The
Laramie Project (Time magazine's 10 Best Plays of 2000, American
Library Association GLBT Literature Award). He directed the film adaptation of
The Laramie Project for HBO (National Board of Review Award; Sundance
Film Festival Opening Night Selection; Berlin Film Festival, Golden Bear Award
Special Mention; IFC Open Palm nomination; four Emmy nominations including Best
Movie, Best Director and Best Writing; Humanitas Prize). Other directing
credits: Women in Beckett, In the Winter of Cities, The Nest, Marlowe's Eye.
Mr. Kaufman is a member of Working Classroom. Last year he received a
Guggenheim Fellowship in Playwriting.
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.