SEPT 18 19 20^ 21* 24 25 26
Mon-Sat 8pm | Sun 2pm
SPECIAL LOCATION:
BABS’LAB
603 King St | MAP
$25 online purchases
$30 at the door (cash and credit accepted)
^ Community Conversation
Sunday, September 20 after matinee
* Pay What You Please
Monday, September 21 at 8pm
No reservation is required
SEASON 2026 sponsored in part by Harry Reagan
THE 5 & DIME, in partnership with BABS’LAB, presents
I AM MY OWN WIFE
written by Doug Wright
directed by Kristen Walsh
Her survival was an act of resistance.
The true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, an East German transgender woman who lived through both the Nazi and Communist regimes. An unforgettable portrait of identity and resilience, truth and transformation.
“It is both a bold and delicate flower of a play: a work of theater that quietly teaches us how to see, and listen, anew.” — The New York Times
STARRING
Trevor Kluckman
Jack Permenter
Benjamin Sandlin
Nathan Dasher
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SEPT 18 Miriam Dillard & Dave Baldwin
SEPT 19 Margaret Barton & Tom Kimbrough and Holly & Redgie Gutshall
SEPT 20 Mary Robison | SEPT 25 Dimitri Demopoulos
For only $125 or $250, YOU can sponsor a performance of this show! All proceeds from this sponsorship help to cover production costs.
photographer: Jon Scherf
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Kristen Walsh
Stage Manager / Scenic Designer / Set Construction: Maya Williams
Technical Director / Production Manager: Ryan Walker
Costume Designer: Shelby Ellis
Prop Master: Shelli D. Long
Lighting Designer: Nicole K. Anderson
Sound Designer: Erik Anderson
Stagehand: Jordan Godkin
Box Office Manager: Krysten Bennett
House & Bar Manager: Christian Cabrera
Production Photographer: Jon Scherf
Promotional Photography / Graphic Design / Webmaster: Caryl Butterley
Join us SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 for a COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
This conversation. moderated by Patrick Murphree after the matinee performance, will be with Ky’Eisha W. Black, a movement lawyer and legal scholar whose work examines how the law has shaped Black life in the United States, with a particular focus on education, civil rights, and legal history; and Melissa Coll, who currently teaches Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law at the Jacksonville University College of Law. Audience members are invited to ask questions as we reflect on the play’s themes.
NOTE: If you have a ticket to see a different performance, you’re welcome to attend the community conversation. We suggest arriving at the theatre at 3:30pm.
THANK YOU TO …
Ky’Eisha Black • Melissa Coll • Andrew Forbess • Players by the Sea
RESOURCES
JASMYN.org • PFLAG.org • TheTrevorProject.org • TransEquality.org
If you are interested in further exploring the themes addressed in this production, we suggest the following books:
Non-Fiction and Memoir
I Am My Own Wife: The True Story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf by Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and their Families by Peggy Gillespie
Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
States of Liberation: Gay Men Between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany by Samuel Clowes Huneke
He’s My Daughter: A Mother’s Journey to Acceptance by Eve Langley
Adult Fiction
Nevada by Imogen Binnie
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Manywhere: Stories by Morgan Thomas
Young Adult Fiction
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Melissa (originally published as George) by Alex Gino
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
Young Adult Non-Fiction
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
Films
Boys Don’t Cry • Breakfast on Pluto • Cabaret • The Danish Girl • The Einstein of Sex • Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate (Documentary)