The New York Times hailed “What the Constitution Means to Me” as “not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season, but also the most important.”.Initially announced for a 12-week engagement on Broadway, “What the Constitution Means to Me” was extended twice and fully recouped in its Broadway engagement, shattering box office records at the Helen Hayes Theater, for a total run of 24 weeks. "It's Not just Rhetoric: What the Constitution Means to Me Charts a Way Forward for Politicized Theater." Written and performed by Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me wrapped up its acclaimed and extended Broadway premiere in August, followed by a … This production originated as part of Summerworks 2017, produced by Clubbed Thumb in partnership with True Love Productions.The national tour of “What the Constitution Means to Me” is produced by Diana DiMenna, Aaron Glick, Matt Ross and Level Forward & Eva Price.Heidi Schreck’s play “Grand Concourse” was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and winner of the Stacey Mindich Lilly Award. A gift to this fund helps us provide access to underrepresented community members and to create a more inclusive theatre through subsidized ticket offers, innovative audience engagement and education projects, and more. ","'What the Constitution Means to Me' Theater Review: A Timely Blend of the Political and Personal","Progressives and Their Imaginary Constitution","Nominations for 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards Announced; 'Carmen Jones' and 'Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future' Lead the Pack","Heidi Schreck's Constitution, New York Theatre Workshop Among 2019 Obie Award Winners"," 'What the Constitution Means to Me' and Yiddish 'Fiddler on the Roof' Among 2019 Off-Broadway Alliance Award Winners",Annette Bening, Bryan Cranston, Stephanie J. "Working on a More Perfect Union. ",https://www.scribd.com/article/390798424/It-S-Not-Just-Rhetoric,Section 1 of the 14th Amendment is an Applause Line,"Why What the Constitution Means to Me Decided It Needs a Man Onstage","What What the Constitution Means to Me Means to Them. ","At Berkeley Rep, Constitution is ‘steamy,’ but ‘Constitution’ is hazy","Tony-Nominated 'What the Constitution Means to Me' Extends Again on Broadway","Heidi Schreck to Bring 'What the Constitution Means to Me' to Washington, D.C., After Broadway Bow","Heidi Schreck’s Tony-Nominated 'What the Constitution Means to Me' Announced for Mark Taper Season"," 'What the Constitution Means to Me' to Launch National Tour","Falling Out of Love with the US Constitution: Playwright Heidi Schreck.

All Rights Reserved. What the Constitution Means to Me Cast List on Broadway.com, the most comprehensive source for Broadway Shows, Broadway Tickets and Broadway Information. “What the Constitution Means to Me” was commissioned by True Love Productions. Following her battle with the Commission of Judicial Performance, Lola questions her own brand of creative justice. What the Constitution Means to Me was commissioned by True Love Productions and had its off-Broadway premiere via Clubbed Thumb in … The Tony-nominated play, originally scheduled to run January 12 – February 16, 2020, will now continue until February 23, 2020.Tickets for the extension week will go on sale Thursday, December 12 at 10 a.m. and, to make sure as many people as possible can see the production, Center Theatre Group has partnered with several local law firms to launch a new funding initiative titled Theatre Access for L.A. Ciprian, Dizzia and Iveson’s casting was previously announced.Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Direct from Broadway, the 2019 Tony ®-nominated Best Play and Pulitzer Prize finalist, What the Constitution Means to Me, by famed writer Heidi Schreck, arrives at the Taper for a strictly limited engagement.. Heidi Schreck's Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me, a galvanizing exploration of how the political can be personal, will premiere on …

Throughout the play, Heidi Schreck communicates her story to the audience through the lens of both herself in the present and of her fifteen-year-old self as a Constitutional debater in 1989.An engagement of the play, starring Schreck, took place at Washington D.C.’s.The play ran at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles from January 12, 2020 to February 28, 2020, and then at Chicago's Broadway Playhouse March 4, 2020 to April 12, 2020 (closed prematurely due to COVID-19).The play’s discussion of women’s rights has been especially pertinent to audiences in light of recent hearings to appoint Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.Schreck’s play also brings to light themes of women’s equality and reproductive justice. With Simone Missick, Wilson Bethel, Jessica Camacho, J. Alex Brinson.

Rotating in the role with original Broadway cast member Rosdely Ciprian, Shek will perform opposite Tony-nominated actress Maria Dizzia and original Broadway cast member Mike Iveson. Directed by Oliver Butler, the cast of What the Constitution Means to Me includes Schreck, Mike Iveson (Gatz), and New York City high school students Rosdely Ciprian and Thursday Williams, all in their Broadway debuts. Your browser doesn't support some features required by this website. Fifteen year old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. and Streisand, and how they juggled it all.