What I liked
First and foremost, “My Trans Wife” is a love story: boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy and girl fall in love…(and then)…boy becomes the girl she always was…(and then!)…girl and girl ride off into the sunset and live happily every after. With gentle grace and wide-eyed innocence, Mimi and Mara portray themselves in this tender tale of how grand life can be when you have the courage to follow your heart. No, they don’t soften the horror of family rejection, societal shame, or even their own personal torment. But “My Trans Wife” always finds its way back to love. “My Trans Wife” refuses to preach at you, refuses to hide truth, and refuses to apologize for challenging you. This play simply invites you to come witness the universal rule that “love is love is love is love is love.” The best part of the experience? Knowing that Mimi and Mara will walk off the stage, leave the theater, and stroll down the street, and go back to just living their lives…together forever.
What I didn't like
Nothing comes to mind. The simplicity of the blocking gave each moment of storytelling support and space. The gentleness of the direction empowered Mimi and Mara to simply stand and deliver.
My overall impression
How can one couple’s journey, riddled with so much pain, complexity, and Mount Everest-type challenge, be handled with such grace, joy, love, openness, and beauty? Mimi and Mara will steal your hearts, break them, then return them to you more full and whole than you could have imagined. Even if their story is not your story, this play is both magic and medicine. Oh, and they are adorably hilarious, too!
