New
York: I Am My Own Wife (Playwrights Horizons); Moe's Lucky Seven
(Playwrights Horizons); Lydie Breeze; Quills; Culture of Desire (New
York Theatre Workshop); Orestes (En Garde Arts); Bella, Belle of
Byelorussia (WPA). Regional: I Am My Own Wife, About Face Theatre
(La Jolla Playhouse, Sundance Theatre Institute); Rosencrantz &
Guildenstern Are Dead (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Misalliance,
The Importance of Being Earnest, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
(Long Wharf Theatre); The Beauty Part (Yale Repertory); The
Importance of Being Earnest, Not Suitable for Children, The Cherry Orchard
(McCarter); Peter Pan, The Winter's Tale, She Stoops to Conquer, The
Woman in Black, The Lover, The Show-Off, Triumph of Love, Servant of Two
Masters (Center Stage); Tartuffe, The Importance of Being Earnest,
Fortinbras, Twelfth Night, Life During Wartime, Macbeth (La Jolla);
Hamlet (San Diego Repertory); Miss Julie, Private Lives (Actors
Theatre of Louisville); Outward Bound (Westport Country Playhouse).
Film/television: Kinsey, Alfie and Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
are to be released; Cousin Bette, Low Life, Some Folks Call It a Sling
Blade, Hudson River Blues, Grey Night, "Liberty!," "Benjamin Franklin,"
"The Federalist Papers." Awards: Obie (1994), Drama-Logue (1997), Patte
(2001), Garland (2001). Education: Yale (B.A.), UCSD (M.F.A.)
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.