I Am My Own Wife (Vancouver)

Charlotte von Mahlsdorf is a keeper of culture. She protects and preserves what’s routinely denied and destroyed. But most miraculous is how she – a German transvestite – manages to survive both Hitler’s Gestapo and East Germany’s secret police. Doug Wright, a character in his own play, is driven to great lengths to uncover the truth of Charlotte’s controversial past. One man plays over 40 characters in I Am My Own Wife, a theatrical tour de force about survival and the stories we tell of our lives.