Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger (left) presents Doug Wright with the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Drama.
I Am My Own Wife tells of author Doug Wright's fascination with the life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite caught up in the great European dramas of the 20th century. Unlike many contemporaries, von Mahlsdorf survived the Nazi regime and its replacement in East Germany, the Soviet-dominated Communist dictatorship.
(From www.iammyownwife.com)
Doug Wright won an Obie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting and the Kesselring Award for Best New American Play from the National Arts Club for his play Quills. He went on to write the screenplay adaptation, making his motion picture debut. The film was named Best Picture by the National Board of Review and nominated for three Academy Awards. His screenplay was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and received the Paul Selvin Award from the Writers Guild of America. Doug's stage work has been produced at New York Theatre Workshop, Lincoln Center, WPA Theater, Geffen Playhouse, Wilma, Woolly Mammoth, McCarter Theater and La Jolla. Titles include The Stonewater Rapture, Interrogating the Nude, watbanaland, Buzzsaw Berkeley and Unwrap Your Candy.
Doug has been published three times in The Best Short Plays series and his work has appeared in The Paris Review. He's a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild of America, East and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. He serves on the board of the New York Theatre Workshop.