What the Constitution Means to Me
Finished Aug 24, 2019
Helen Hayes Theater
Schreck is deeply connected to this material and her delivery makes you feel as if she is telling this story to you for the very first time.
It is not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season, but also the most important
The New York Times
It is not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season, but also the most important
The New York Times
What the Constitution Means to Me
Finished Aug 24, 2019
Helen Hayes Theater
Schreck is deeply connected to this material and her delivery makes you feel as if she is telling this story to you for the very first time.
Why see What the Constitution Means to Me?
Nominated for two tony awards including best play!
Heidi Schreck's (2019 Tony Award Nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play and 2019 Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Actress in a Play) adept exploration of women's role in America transfers to the main stem after its acclaimed Off-Broadway run. What the Constitution Means To Me weaves together political and personal histories to show how women's rights have shifted over the course of four generations. Following its debut Off-Broadway in 2018, it was named number one play of the year by both New York Magazine and The New Yorker. This strictly limited Broadway run is directed by Oliver Butler.
What is Constitution About?
Having paid for college tuition through winning constitutional debates as a teenager, Obie-winner Heidi Schreck knows a thing or two about America's founding document. Here she brings her teenage self to the stage, alongside other women from her family tree, creating a lively and funny conversation about rights granted and rights withheld.
Key Information
Run Time
1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission.
Dates
Finished Aug 24, 2019
Cast
Heidi Schreck
Mike Iveson
Rosdely Ciprian
Thursday Williams
Creative
Written by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Oliver Butler
Awards
DRAMA DESK AWARDS, 2019 - NOMINATIONS
Outstanding Play
Outstanding Actress in a Play - Heidi Schreck
2019 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS - NOMINATIONS
Distinguished Performance Award - Heidi Schreck
Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
2019 Tony Awards - nominations
Best Play
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play - Heidi Schreck
Reviews
Our review
Innovative Touching Hopeful
Playwright Heidi Schreck is making history with her autobiographical play, garnering an Obie Award for Best New American Play and New York Drama Critics' Circle for Best American Play in the process!
Nicola Quinn
Customer reviews
1 reviews, average rating: (4.0 Stars)
Gloria
Very good
Saw in preview on opening night. Very good... Maybe some nervous jitters. Raises very interesting points from a feminist perspective. A solid evening... more a soliloqy than a "show". ... Read more
Rosalie Spingola
I had an opportunity to really learn What the Constitution Means to Me. It was truly a learning experience.
It was written for a different time. Today’s United States is not what yesterday’s United States was. I believe young and old will benefit from seeing this play. I am 81 years old. I will read the Constitution and I will then be able to understand and intelligently comment on what I think should be revised, deleted and possibly added. The United States in 2024 is nothing like the United States in 1787. It’s time for change. ... Read more
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