What The Constitution Means To Me at Shaker Bridge Theatre

White River Junction, VT - Shaker Bridge Theatre announces a one-night reading of

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME as a fundraising event to support their 18th

Season. Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution

and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi

earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the

United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her

teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of

women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

On Flag Day come celebrate and support the arts. Saturday, June 14th at 7:00PM

The cast of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME consists of some returning

actors and some new to Shaker Bridge Theatre. Susan Haefner (Heidi) returns to SBT

after last appearing in 2025’s The Effect. Susan is a Broadway veteran, having appeared

in State Fair, Thoroughly Modern Millie and 42nd Street. Recent regional credits: New

London Barn Playhouse (Annie Get Your Gun) Northern Stage (Beauty And The Beast),

Theater at Monmouth (Always...Patsy Cline), and Weston Theater Company (What the

Constitution Means to Me). Richard Waterhouse (Legionnaire) is an acting teacher,

private coach, and director. A native of Illinois, he now lives in Newbury, Vermont with his

husband, Dan Butler, and is on the faculty at Brown University. Richard most recently

played Alfie Byrne in We The People’s production of A Man of No Importance. Directing

credits include Something Rotten and Working, for We The People; Love Alone for

Shaker Bridge Theatre; and Cabaret and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches for

Brown University. Kaitlynn Cherry (Debater) is a recent graduate of Burr and Burton

Academy in Manchester, Vermont. Recently she played the role of The Debater in the

Weston Theatre Company’s production of What the Constitution Means to Me. She has

appeared in several productions at BBA such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way

to the Forum, The One Act Play that Goes Wrong, The 25th Annual Putnam County

Spelling Bee, and A Wrinkle in Time.

Heidi Schreck (Playwright) is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. Her critically-

acclaimed play What the Constitution Means to Me played an extended, sold-out run on

Broadway in 2019 and was nominated for two Tony Awards. A filmed version of the play

5 S Main Street, White River Junc3on, VT 05001 | 802-281-6848 | shakerbridgetheatre.orgpremiered on Amazon Prime Video and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, a

PGA Award and DGA Award. What the Constitution Means to Me was named Best of the

Year by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Time

Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, The New Yorker and more. Schreck’s other

plays Grand Concourse, Creature and There Are No More Big Secrets have also been

produced in NYC and all over the country. Most recently, she created a new translation

of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya for the Broadway production at Lincoln Center. Screenwriting

credits include I Love Dick, Billions, Nurse Jackie and Dispatches from Elsewhere. She

is the recipient of three Obie Awards, a Drama Desk Award and a Theatre World Award,

as well as the Horton Foote Playwriting Award and the Hull-Warriner Award from the

Dramatists Guild. Schreck was awarded Smithsonian Magazine’s 2019 American

Ingenuity Award for her work in the Performing Arts.

SBT founder and artistic director Bill Coons will direct this reading.

This event is a fundraiser for Shaker Bridge Theatre’s 18th Season. There is much

happening on June 14, come celebrate and support the arts!

$20 Tickets for June 14 are available through the Shaker Bridge Theatre website at

www.shakerbridgetheatre.org or by calling 802-281-6848 or emailing

boxoffice.shakerbridge@gmail.com.

Shaker Bridge Theatre is located at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction,

Vermont.

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