I Am My Own Wife Coming to Duke
Durham, N.C. - The Duke Department of Theater Studies will present the Tony Award-winning drama I Am My Own Wife. Michael Ayers will star in the play, which runs from November 30-December 3, 2006 in Sheafer Theater at Duke.
Ayer's one-man show is his senior distinction project at Duke. Jay O'Berski of the Duke Theater Studies faculty will direct the show. While a one-man show might imply a one-character show, I Am My Own Wife is actually a 35-character show. It is the story of transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, born Lothar Berfelde (1928-2002), a German biological male who dressed as a woman and survived both the Nazis and the Communists in East Germany with wit, courage, and determination.
"Acting in a show with 35 characters is the ultimate display case for what I've learned over four years studying theater at Duke," says Ayers. "There is very little costume change, so I will have to be 35 distinct people with just voice and gesture."
I Am My Own Wife , Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 at 8 pm and Dec. 2 and 3 at 2 pm, Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. Tickets will be sold at the door only. www.duke.edu/web/theaterstudies.
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