Charlotte persisted through repression to preserve what others tried to erase: history, culture, art, freedom—even herself. This Pulitzer Prize-winner explores one of the 20th Century’s most singular lives: that of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, an openly gender-nonconforming antiques collector who boldly endured two of the world’s most repressive regimes in the Nazis and East German Communists while preserving countless Weimar and Jewish cultural artifacts in her East Berlin home museum. Beginning as a one-of-a-kind celebration of queer resilience and transgender experience, this solo performer tour de force gradually reveals a far more complex portrait of survival, truth, and the authentic life at the core of this remarkable true story. Run Time: 2 hous and 30 minutes with one intermission By Doug Wright | 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 KEY DATES + EVENTS Here2Play: Wednesday, January 7, 6:00-8:00pm at Dandy (5020 W Vliet St)—RSVP HERE 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 Pride Night Preshow: Friday, February 6 at 7:30pm
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I AM MY OWN WIFE at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Schedule
KEY DATES + EVENTS Here2Play: Wednesday, January 7, 6:00-8:00pm at Dandy (5020 W Vliet St)—RSVP HERE 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 Pride Night Preshow: Friday, February 6 at 7:30pm
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Milwaukee Chamber Theatre is at 158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202, Milwaukee, WI.
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's home is the Broadway Theatre Center (BTC) located at 158 N. Broadway in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. The Broadway Theatre Center opened in 1993 and houses two theatre spaces, the 360-seat Cabot Theatre and the 99-seat Studio Theatre. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre performs five plays each season between the two spaces. The mission of the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre is to produce intimate, high-quality, professional theatrical works of literary merit that engage and challenge the audience, while employing and nurturing principally local theatre artists.
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I AM MY OWN WIFE
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A RAISIN IN THE SUN
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (5/8 - 5/24) | |
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All Shook Up, Jr.
Sunset Playhouse (5/11 - 5/12) | |
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Kimberly Akimbo
Uihlein Hall Marcus Center (2/18 - 2/21) | |
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Ain’t Misbehavin’ The FATS WALLER Musical Show
Milwaukee Repertory Theater (3/6 - 4/26) | |
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The Wiz
Uihlein Hall Marcus Center (3/27 - 3/28) | |
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Kimberly Akimbo
Uihlein Hall at Marcus Center For The Performing Arts (2/17 - 2/22) | |
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Hamilton
Uihlein Hall Marcus Center (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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