Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce Heidi Schreck’s Tony Award® nominated play and Pulitzer Prize finalist What the Constitution Means to Me, directed by Oliver Butler, will play Broadway In Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Playhouse (175 E. Chestnut) for a limited six-week engagement March 4 – April 12, 2020.
The national tour of What the Constitution Means to Me will mark the first time the play will be presented with a new performer in the leading role. With casting already underway, Ms. Schreck and Mr. Butler will work closely to interpolate new cast members into the play in a unique and exciting way that matches the play’s blend of the personal and the universal.
This boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of American women. At fifteen-years-old, Heidi Schreck 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 dictated their rights and citizenship. See the play The New York Times calls “not just the best play on Broadway this season, but also the most important.” Casting for the national tour of What the Constitution Means to Me will be announced shortly.
Heidi Schreck’s timely and galvanizing play, directed by Oliver Butler, became a sensation off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop this fall before transferring to Broadway this spring and receiving two Tony Award nominations (Best Play, Best Actress in Leading Role in a Play). It was also named a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama, received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play, and the Obie Award for Best New American Play, and has been nominated for two Drama Desk Award nominations (Outstanding Play, Outstanding Actress in a Play), two Drama League Award nominations (Outstanding Production of a Play, Distinguished Performance), an Outer Critic CircleAward nomination (Outstanding New Broadway Play) and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination (Best Play).
Initially announced for a 12-week engagement on Broadway, What the Constitution Means to Me has been extended twice and fully recouped in its Broadway engagement, where it will play through August 24, 2019 at the Helen Hayes Theater (240 W 44th Street, New York, NY), for a total run of 24 weeks. What the Constitution Means to Me officially opened March 31, 2019 after beginning preview performances March 14.
What the Constitution Means to Me features scenic design by Rachel Hauck (Hadestown), costume design by Michael Krass (Hadestown), lighting design by Jen Schriever (Eclipsed), and sound design by Sinan Refik Zafar (Hamlet).
What the Constitution Means to Me was commissioned by True Love Productions. 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 will be produced by Diana DiMenna, Aaron Glick, Matt Ross, and Level Forward & Eva Price.
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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Tuesdays at 7:30PM
Wednesdays at 2PM & 7:30PM (no 2PM performance on March 18 or April 1)
Thursdays at 7:30PM
Fridays at 7:30PM
Saturdays at 2PM & 8PM
Sundays at 2PM (added 7:30PM performance on March 8, March 22 and April 5)
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are available now for groups of 10 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710 or emailing GroupSales@BroadwayInChicago.com. Individual tickets for WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME will go on sale at a later date and will be available by calling the Broadway In Chicago Ticketline at (800) 775-2000 or by visiting www.BroadwayInChicago.com. WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME will be part of Broadway In Chicago’s next season, on sale this fall.
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