I am my own wife

I am my own wife, written by Doug Wright, is a story about a seventy-year-old transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf who survived the Nazis and communist regime, and open a calendestine gay bar on his own. The process of creating the script intrigues me a lot because there is a period that Doug Wright is confused by who Charlotte is and what kind of character he is creating. In order to decipher Charlotte’s secrets and present the character on stage accurately, Doug starts to explore how moment work contributes to the process. He incorporates interviews, first-hand files, newspaper etc. into the moments and creates moments in the perspective of Charlotte. 

I am also interested in the setting because according to the set designer Derek Mclane, there will be a wall in the upstage, displaying furniture owned by Charlotte. Those furnitures are not only props, but also a narrative of the story, showing how Charlotte is living her life. Moreover, there will be a more realistic room in the downstage, and when the lights of the wall in the back come up, the room will disappear. The juxtaposition of the abstract display of furniture and the realistic room shows a contrast between Charlotte’s present life and her mythical stories. So I am looking forward to seeing how the setting achieve that goal.