Credits include design and composition for Court Theatre
('99-'02 resident artists), Victory Gardens (resident designers), Roadworks
(ensemble), About Face (assoc. artists), Steppenwolf, Northlight, Chicago
Shakespeare, Next Theatre, Writer's Theatre, Defiant, 7 Stages in Atlanta, Mark
Taper Forum and Odyssey Theatres in L.A., Berkeley Rep., Seattle Rep., the N.Y.
Drama League and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses for Circle in the Square
on Broadway. They have received a Lortel nomination, a Jeff Award, five Jeff
Citations and L.A. Ovation and Drama Critics Circle Awards for music and sound.
Andre is an artistic associate of Lookingglass Theatre Company. Some current
projects include A Play About the Baby at the Goodman, Cyrano with
Court/Redmoon Theatres, The Secrets in the Wings and Great Men of
Science with Lookingglass, Our Lady of 121st Street at Steppenwolf
and Winesburg Ohio, a new musical with About Face and Steppenwolf
Theatre.
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.
