New York City Broadway Theater Guide

I Am My Own Wife

Broadway Drama

Previews  November 11 2003
Opened  December 3 2003
Closed October 31 2004

Running Time  2 hrs | 1 intermission

Run 26 previews | 360 performances

Tickets  $61.25 to $86.25

Student Rush (& teachers too!) $20 tickets available day of performance | Box office only | Cash only | 2 per valid ID | Limited availability | Subject to change

Prices do not include any taxes, service charges or other charges

Advisory Might not be appropriate for children under 14
Restrictions  Children 4 years old and younger not permitted

Performances

Creative  Doug Wright author | Moises Kaufman director

Opening Night Cast  Jefferson Mays

Synopsis I 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

TheaterScene Review

I Am My Own Wife is brilliant in its honesty. Doug Wright is careful not to let his own politics cloud Charlotte's story, which is difficult, given the poignant subject matter. Charlotte's story is not black and white. The plot thickens at the revelation...

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Notes  I Am My Own Wife has been staged at the La Jolla Playhouse, Chicago's About Face Theatre and, in the summer of 2003, enjoyed a much talked about run at NYC's Playwrights Horizons