Connecticut theater cancels ‘I Am My Own Wife’ after backlash over casting cisgender actor in trans role Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant © Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant The Warner Theatre in Torrington has canceled a production of the drama "I Am My Own Wife" due to complaints that the one-person, multi-character drama had not been cast with a transgender actor. The Warner Theatre in Torrington has canceled a planned production of the historical drama “I Am My Own Wife” after criticism from the transgender community over the casting of a cisgender male in the ...