Firehouse Theater's I AM MY OWN WIFE and 'MY WAY' Run in Rep, Beginning Tonight
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 09, 2015
"I Am My Own Wife"
by Doug Wright
a one-man show featuring Greg West
directed by Clint Heyn
January 9 - February 6
Performances are Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $20 Adult / $18 Student & Seniors
Based on a true story, and inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright over several years, "I Am My Own Wife" tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (born Lothar Berfelde), a real-life German transvestite who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime. "I Am My Own Wife" was the first one-person show ever to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Greg Alan West first performed "I Am My Own Wife" for Stage Left Theatre Co. in Salida and followed up with a festival version of the play for the 2012 Colorado Community Theater Coalition Festival taking multiple top honors including Best Actor and Production. In 2013 he was cast in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Peter Quince), "Macbeth" (Porter) and "Richard II" (Ross) at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. He has performed the roles of Charlie in "On Golden Pond" for Longmont Theatre Co and Uncle Bernie in "The Christmas Spirit" at Firehouse Theatre Co. Recently, he was seen as Vinnie in "The Odd Couple" at Miner's Alley Playhouse and just finished Christmas Carol doing Fezziwig/Old Joe for the PACE center in Parker.
Doug Wright was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2004 for "I Am My Own Wife" as well as the Tony Award for Best Play. He is also know for writing the book for the musicals "Grey Gardens" based on the lives of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale ("Big Edie") and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale ("Little Edie"), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's aunt and cousin, "Hands on a Hard Body" and adapting the Disney film The Little Mermaid for the Broadway musical.
"My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra"
Created by David Grapes and Todd Olson
directed by Kelly Van Oosbree
January 10 - February 7
Performances are Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00p.m.
Tickets are $25 Adult / $23 Student & Seniors
2015 is the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's birth. "My Way" is a musical revue that recalls the essence of the man through the glorious music he sang....It celebrates Sinatra¹s mystique, and his myth, through the music he loved best, the American standard. Two dynamic couples take the audience from the 1940s swing era to the bright lights of Las Vegas with the Rat Pack and beyond. Relive the magic of Ol' Blue Eyes with songs that include "Strangers in the Night," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Fly Me to the Moon" and "New York, New York."
"My Way" features Jim Landis, Adam Luhrs, Alisa Schmidt and Amy Stuemky.
David Grapes II (Co-Creator) is currently a Professor of Theatre and the Director of the School of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. He and Todd Olson have created and co-authored four musical revues; "My Way -- A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra," "Christmas My Way -- A Sinatra Holiday Bash," "Moon River -- Johnny Mercer's American Songbook" and "I Left My Heart -- A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett," which have been performed at over 200 theatres worldwide.
Reservations at 303-562-3232 or online at www.firehousetheatercompany.com. The John Hand Theater/Colorado Free University is located at 7653 East First Place, Denver, Colo.
Pictured: Greg West as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. Photo by Ed Berry.
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