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claim it to be cloaked in voodoo, the better. That way the actual, brief, lucid charter can be shunted aside in favor of a fantasy document, one that has all of those 'positive rights' liberals wish were guaranteed forever. These rights need to be established by the
Constitution because otherwise liberals might have to win them through the ballot box, and that would mean persuading their fellow Americans. It’s much easier to do what this show does: gather a few hundred progressives each night in a Broadway bubble and get them whooping and cheering about everything they have won for themselves in their imaginary Constitution."
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Americans to consider contemporary judicial issues through the lens of the Constitution itself, and to provide a grounds for conversation of those issues facing women today. When asked about the concept of victimhood in her play, Schreck stated, “…stories hold our cure.” Although the play seems to be improvised to a certain degree, Schreck sticks heavily to the letter of her script, adapting occasionally to integrate the most relevant contemporary references.
345:, Ben Brantley wrote, "Ms. Schreck's show… never mentions Mr. Kavanaugh by name. But his invisible judiciary presence is there, affirming many of her implicit arguments, which are often indistinguishable from her deepest fears about a document with which she has had a long and complicated relationship." Schreck noted that the percentage of audience members voting in favor of abolishing the Constitution during the vote at the play's end rose dramatically during the Kavanaugh hearings.
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Schreck also addresses themes of sexual assault, domestic abuse, and immigration as they relate to the women in her family, to herself, and to others related to significant legal cases in
American history. She shares her own experience in getting an abortion when she was in her 20s and fearing sexual
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in the 1990s. The first iteration of the play came in the form of a short 10-minute presentation that
Schreck performed at benefits nearly ten years after her initial idea for the show. Although the premise of the play is based on Schreck's own life, she did not initially set out to write a role for
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September 12, 2018 and closed there on November 4, 2018 (in an extension of one week), before moving to the Greenwich House on November 27, 2018 where it closed on December 30, 2018. The play was again directed by Oliver Butler, and the cast featured Heidi Schreck, along with Mike Iveson as the
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wrote: "Schreck is an engaging storyteller with a delivery that seems improvised even when she is sticking to her winding but always-focused script. Again and again, she manages to imbue her exploration of the politics of constitutional rights from the lens of the personal. And of the individuals
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Constitution the way a Harlequin Romance novelist might describe a night with Fabio: a 'living, warm-blooded, steamy document. ... It is hot and sweaty.' ... The language is instructive: The more you shroud and occlude the plain meaning of the document, the more you
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and not limiting the actions of white men. Actor Mike Iveson moves out of his role of the WWII veteran and shares his own experience in regards to his sexuality and experience with masculinity. The play ends with a dialogue, moderated by Iveson, in which
Schreck engages with a local high school
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as they relate to the history of
Schreck's family, particularly her great-grandmother, who came to the U.S. after being purchased as a wife in a magazine. The idea of being a "good immigrant" is also included throughout the play; reviewers have noted the importance of this theme in parallel to
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in their 10 Best
Theater Performances of 2019, as number 5. The magazine's comment: "Schreck is a wonderful comedic actor, and her timely explanation of the intent, flaws and meaning of the Constitution arrived on Broadway at the moment in our nation’s history when we needed it most."
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debater on whether or not the U.S. Constitution should be abolished and replaced; this debate and its conclusion were unique to each live performance. The audience plays the role of the jury in this debate, with one audience member being selected to deliver a final verdict.
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assault during college. Schreck discusses the abuse of her mother and her grandmother, Bette, by Bette's husband. She also includes the story of her great-great-grandmother, who in 1879 was sent from her home country of
Germany to Washington state after being
317:, in which a woman sued the town police department for repeatedly refusing to enforce a restraining order. Subsequently the woman's husband murdered their three daughters. Schreck describes the Supreme Court's extensive discussion of the meaning of the word
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Heidi Schreck begins the play by communicating her story to the audience through the lens of both herself in the present and narrating her performance of her fifteen-year-old self as a Constitutional debater in 1989, when she gave speeches on what the
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Marks, Peter. "Seeing Broadway's 'What the Constitution Means to Me' feels like a patriotic act. Here's why.: It's the perfect moment for a play about the legal document, and Heidi Schreck is the perfect interpreter."] 2019. Web. US
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Schreck highlights what she now sees as the pitfalls of the Constitution. Mainly, she argues that the Constitution does not protect all Americans because it was not created to protect all Americans—it is largely concerned with
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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 the COVID-19
1306:"The Award-Winning Play "What the Constitution Means to Me" Written by and Starring Heidi Schreck and Captured on Broadway by Director Marielle Heller to Premiere Exclusively on Amazon Prime Video October 16"
209:'s (New York City) festival for new plays in June to July 2017 in a co-production with True Love Productions. Schreck was contracted by True Love Productions in their new play commissioning program, writing
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682:. The committee wrote: "A charming and incisive analysis of gender and racial biases inherent to the U.S. Constitution that examines how this living document could evolve to fit modern America."
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veteran onstage represent the competitions' judges and moderator. Schreck talks about multiple facets of the Constitution throughout the play, but discourse about the
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of the Constitution, which discusses citizenship rights and what it means to be "American".
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Annette Bening, Bryan Cranston, Stephanie J. Block Among 2019 Drama League Award Nominees"
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Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
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Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
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In reviewing the 2018 Off-Broadway production, Thom Geier of
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Gale in Context: Biography. Feb 24, 2019. Web. Nov 14, 2019
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run of the play began on March 14, 2019 in previews at the
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Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
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591:Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
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510:Distinguished Performance Award
465:Outstanding Play (Off-Broadway)
1629:Lewis, Hilary (March 8, 2021).
1473:Clement, Olivia; McPhee, Ryan.
764:Larson, Sarah (June 26, 2017).
315:Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales
309:Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales
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