An Unbelievable True Story
I AM MY OWN WIFE
by Doug Wright
2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
January 23-February 8, 2026
Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre
Directed by Alexander Coddington
Featuring Jonathan Riker
Designed and Created by Maaz Ahmed, Sarah Hunt-Frank, Adam Hastings, Leo Madson, Raeleen McMillion, Jazmín Aurora Medina, Josh Schmidt***, Lauren Marie Stoner, Simone Tegge, Dev Wiensch, and Emily Marie Wilke*
We are each a museum unto ourselves
Based on a true story, this Pulitzer Prize-winning tour de force explores one of the most singular lives of the 20th Century: antiques collector Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who not only survived two of the world’s most repressive regimes in the Nazis and East German Communists, but preserved countless rare Weimar and Jewish cultural artifacts in her East Berlin home all the while. But as the story goes deeper, what begins as a celebration of queer resilience shifts into a far more complicated portrait of survival, truth, and the cost of living authentically.
Run time: approximately 2 hours, with one intermission
KEY DATES + EVENTS
Here2Play: Wednesday, January 7, 6:00-8:00pm, location TBA
Preview: Friday, January 23 at 7:30 pm
Opening: Saturday, January 24 at 8 pm
Pay What You Choose: Monday, January 26 at 7:30 pm, walk-up tickets available starting one hour before the show
Talkbacks: Thursdays, January 29 and February 5 following the 7:30 pm performances
SipStudio: Saturday, January 31, open to attendees of that day's matinee and evening performances
Understudy Performance:
Tuesday, February 3 at 7:30 pm
Actor
Lighting Designer
Scenic Designer
Technical Director and Scenic Builder
Assistant Director
Dialect Coach
Costume Designer
Sound Designer
Costume Construction
Properties Designer
Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Manager
Jonathan Riker
Maaz Ahmed
Sarah Hunt-Frank
Adam Hastings
Leo Madson
Raeleen McMillion
Jazmín Aurora Medina
Josh Schmidt***
Lauren Marie Stoner
Simone Tegge
Dev Wiensch
Emily Marie Wilke*
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Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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