According to Time Out, Chicago’s About Face Theatre, a center for LGBTQ arts, will stage a reimagined production of Doug Wright’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning solo play, I Am My Own Wife, with a transgender actress and two other actors.
The play, about an East German transgender woman named Charlotte, will feature a cast that includes transgender actress Delia Kropp.
“Working with Delia and the two other actors removes the virtuosity from the piece, focusing instead on Doug Wright’s fantastic text, re-emphasizing Charlotte’s narrative, and creating new visibility for her in this context,” director Andrew Volkoff said in a press release. Further casting will be announced at a later date, with performances set to run November 4-10.
I Am My Own Wife was developed at About Face before debuting in New York Off-Broadway. The acclaimed work played on Broadway November 2003-October 2004 starring Jefferson Mays, who won a Tony Award for his performance. In the play, the character of Charlotte operates an antique business and manages to escape both the Nazi and Communist regimes.
For more information on About Face Theatre, visit aboutfacetheatre.com.