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
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Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me is political and personal: EW review
8 / 10
The only other person on stage is the unnamed American Legion officer. In that supporting role, Mike Iveson evokes Dana Carvey doing George H.W. Bush - just the right amount of silly earnestness. That is until he, too, breaks the fourth wall to tell us a story about Mike Iveson. This may be to give Schreck a break during the show, which is 100 minutes with no intermission. While Iveson has an emotional tale, the diversion doesn't make sense. One wants to go back and tell 15-year-old Heidi: 'Someday you're going to have a Broadway stage all to yourself, and people are going to pay to listen to you talk about the things you care the most about. You have the right to not share your stage with a guy, even if he has, as you say, 'positive male energy.'' Not all our rights are spelled out because, as she (and the author of the Ninth Amendment) notes, 'How long do we want this document to be?' B+
Review: Unconventional ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ supremely argues the case for women
9 / 10
'What the Constitution Means to Me' concludes with a debate between Schreck and a bright teenager (Rosdely Ciprian alternates performances with Thursday Williams) over whether the Constitution should be defended or abolished and redrafted. The play loses some of its emotional force in the final stretch. (The structural looseness does wear thin at points.) But in bringing to the stage a youngster with the same passionate engagement of the 15-year-old Schreck, the show ends on a note of optimism that the battle for social progress is in confident hands.
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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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