What the Constitution Means to Me - 2019 Broadway History , Info & More
Hayes Theatre (Broadway)
240 West 44th St. New York, NY
Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck earned her college tuition money by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In her boundary-breaking new play, the Obie Award winner resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women in her own family and the founding document that dictated their rights and citizenship. This hilarious, hopeful and "achingly human" (Exeunt Magazine) exploration breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of American women.
What the Constitution Means to Me - 2019 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR What the Constitution Means to Me
What the Constitution Means to Me review – a five star Broadway triumph
10 / 10
Shattering, galvanizing and very funny, Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me close reads an old text in new and breathlessly exciting ways. When Schreck, a longtime Off-Broadway actor and more recently a playwright, was a teenager, she traveled around American Legions Halls, winning money for college by delivering a speech called Casting Spells: The Crucible of the Constitution. In this mostly solo show (Schreck is joined by the actor Mike Iveson as a legionnaire and later by a teenage debater), Schreck, sunny in a daffodil blazer stands inside a re-creation of one of those halls. (The design is by Rachel Hauck.) Persuasively, she conjures both that brace-faced Patrick Swayze-swooning teenager, and the woman she became.
BWW Review: Heidi Schreck's Pulitzer-Worthy WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Moves To Broadway
9 / 10
It's all an extraordinary balance of historical fact, legal analysis and personal experience presented with a warm, conversational tone. Because a great deal of her text involves facts and statistics concerning violence against women ('More American women have been killed by violent male partners in the last century than Americans have been killed in wars, including 9/11.'), Schreck explains that it's important to her to have 'some positive male energy up here with me,' so she shares the stage with Mike Iveson, who at first dutifully takes on the role of moderator/timekeeper in his VFW uniform, but then reveals a bit more of himself.
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What the Constitution Means to Me History
Other Productions of What the Constitution Means to Me
| 2017 | New York |
Heidi Schreck, What The Constitution Means To Me, Oliver Butler, True Love Productions New York |
| 2018 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2019 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2020 | US Tour |
US National Tour US Tour |
What the Constitution Means to Me - 2019 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Heidi Schreck |
| 2019 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Heidi Schreck |
| 2019 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | What the Constitution Means to Me |
| 2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | What the Constitution Means to Me |
| 2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Heidi Schreck |
| 2019 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Heidi Schreck |
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