Is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history getting you down? Well, here’s some encouraging (no, really!) civics-related news for you: Heidi Schreck’s play “What the Constitution Means to Me” — in which she breaks down the document’s effects on the lives of women past and present — is moving to Broadway. According to Vulture, it will begin performances at the Helen Hayes Theater March 14 and open March 31. The production will run through June 9.
“What the Constitution Means to Me” sees playwright and star Schreck revisiting the Constitution lectures she gave as a teenager for college scholarship money. Schreck takes on the role of her 15-year-old self “in order to trace the document’s profound impact on women’s bodies — starting with her great-great-grandmother, a mail-order bride who died under mysterious circumstances,” per the show’s synopsis.
“What the Constitution Means to Me” originally ran September 12-November 4, 2018 at the New York Theatre Workshop before playing at the Greenwich House Theater November 27-December 30.
Schreck’s other plays include “Grand Concourse,” “Creature,” and “There Are No More Big Secrets.” She’s also written for TV on series such as “I Love Dick,” “Billions,” and “Nurse Jackie.” She appeared in the latter two, among other screen projects. Schreck has won Obie Awards for acting on-stage in “Drum of the Waves of Horikawa” and “Circle Mirror Transformation.”