By Donnie (Horn)

Play-based upon Christine Jorgenson's life.

In 1947, after leaving the military, George stepped onto a ship and headed to Copenhagen to begin the process of transitioning from male to female. Of course, there were others before George to do this; Lili Elbe is well known and documented in the movie The Danish Girl. Unfortunately, Lili did not get to live as the person she felt and knew she was. Whereas George successfully transitioned from George to Christine and became a sensation when she flew back to America in 1952, stepping off a plane all the bit a woman. Christine Jorgensen, the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery and became the spokesperson for transgender people everywhere. TRANS-formation is written from several books, articles, including the movie about Christine’s life. This is the first play ever to address the historical event that occurred when George sought to have a sex change and succeeded! The World Premiere production was produced some twenty-eight years after her death in 1989.

84 pages