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

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Inventing Her Life as She Goes Along
by Bruce Weber
See 'I Am My Own Wife,' Please
by Clive Barnes
Charlotte's web of deceit and survival
by Elysa Gardner
Good Charlotte
by Michael Sommers
'I Am Own Wife' Opens on Broadway
by Gordon Cox
'Wife' Transfers Well to Broadway
by Michael Kuchwara
A Poetic, Well-Acted Portrait
by Malcolm Johnson
I Am My Own Wife
by Matthew Murray

American Theatre Web

Wright's 'Wife' Moves to Broadway Beautifully
by Andy Propst
I Am My Own Wife
by David Finkle
I Am My Own Wife
by Charles Isherwood
I Am My Own Wife
by William Stevenson
I Am My Own Wife
by Roma Torre
Into a German transvestite's reality
by Robert Feldberg
An understated performance spotlights an over-the-top life
by Howard Shapiro
Identity May Be Fluid, But Wife's Quality is Unmistakable
by Michael Feingold
I Am My Own Wife
by Kevin Connell
I Am My Own Wife
by Victor Gluck

 

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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.