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"I Am My Own Wife" - Presented by Ubuntu Theater Project
**PLEASE NOTE - all shows are sold out except Saturday 3/19 @2pm**
"I Am My Own Wife"
by Doug Wright
starring William Hodgson
directed by Michael Moran
Venue:
Haba Na Haba Concert House
1936 Thousand Oaks Blvd
Berkeley, CA 94707
The Ubuntu Theater Project is proud to continue its inaugural season, fresh off of the success of two new plays, with the re-imagined contemporary classic and Pulitzer Prize winning play, "I Am My Own Wife" by Doug Wright.
This contemporary classic follows playwright Doug Wrights fascination of Charlotte von Mahlsdorfs story - a transgender woman and her survival of Nazi Germany and the Stasi surveillance in East Berlin. Charlotte von Mahlsdorf's story is both a celebration of courage and resilience and of self-preserving compromises, which enabled her to survive the two of the harshest regimes of the 20th century. The play speaks to the complexity of survival when ones most intimate homethe bodyis the source of persecution.
The Ubuntu Theater Project seeks to re-imagine this story as an intersection between historic account, memory, and a theatrical revelation of Charlottes inner life. The production will be set in a cozy, historic home in the hills of Berkeley that has converted its original ballroom into a theater space. The space offers a personal feeling to the kingdom of antiques Charlotte harbors and protects. Audience members will descend into this beautiful, brick and stained wood lodging filled with the mist of memory, a piano accompaniment and dancers evoking the essence of a German cabaret. Doug Wrights masterpiece reveals how the ghost of Charlottes story remains eerily relevant a decade or so after it was written.
*Please note:
- Run time is 1 hour 30 minutes with a 15 minute intermission
- Tickets are general admission and seating is not assigned.
- The house opens approximately 30 minutes before showtime.
- On SOLD OUT nights if you arrive more than 5 MINUTES AFTER the show is scheduled to start, your seat may be given up to individuals on the waitlist.
When:
Fri 3/4 @ 8:00pm Preview #1
Sat 3/5 @ 2:00pm Preview #2
Sat 3/5 @ 8:00pm Opening Night
Sun 3/6 @ 7:00pm
Fri 3/11 @ 8:00pm
Sat 3/12 @ 2:00pm
Sat 3/12 @ 8:00pm
Sun 3/13 @ 7:00pm
Fri 3/18 @ 8:00pm
Sat 3/19 @ 2:00pm
Sat 3/19 @ 8:00pm
Sun 3/20 @ 7:00pm
Where:
Haba Na Haba House
1936 Thousand Oaks Blvd
Berkeley, CA 94707
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LocationHaba Na Haba House (View)
1936 Thousand Oaks Blvd
Berkeley, CA 94707
United States
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