‘I am a Mistery’ brings Dalí’s gender-bending muse to the stage in St. Pete next week

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Amanda Lear performing in 1978 Credit: Bert Verhoeff for AnefoWas Amanda Lear Salvador Dalí’s muse, David Bowie’s flame, a disco queen with a gender-bending secret—or all of the above? “I Am a Mistery,” written by former St. Petersburg Times book editor Margo Hammond and directed by Bob Devin Jones, dives into the legend of Amanda Lear with wit, camp, and theatrical flair. Inspired by Lear’s teasing disco anthem of the same name, the staged reading opens with multiple Lears in a playful quiz show spoof. “Come decide for yourself at this play about gender matters that will have you pondering whether gender matters,” Hammond said in a release. Tickets are $25 for “I Am a Mistery” in St. Petersburg on Monday, Oct. 10 and Tuesday, Oct. 11.