What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck
“Heidi Schreck on What the Constitution Means to Me,” PBS, May 10, 2019.
Local Reviews
By Mark Bretz – Ladue News, April 19, 2023
Max & Louie’s ‘Constitution’ Is Lively, Pensive Look at American History and Politics
by James Lindhorst – Broadway World, April 16, 2023
Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at The Marcelle Theatre
By Lynn Venhaus – PopLifeSTL, April 16, 2023
‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Is Alive with Hope and Humor
By Richard T. Green – Talkin’ Broadway, April 11, 2023
What the Constitution Means to Me is receiving a lovely revival this month in St. Louis, thanks to Max & Louie Productions
By Tina Farmer – Riverfront Times, April 10, 2023
What the Constitution Means to Me Is Engaging and Provocative
By Gerry Kowarsky – HEC Media, April 10, 2023
Max & Louie Productions is presenting an excellent staging of Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me, a compelling play based on her life.
By Michelle Kenyon – Snoop’s Theatre Thoughts, April 8, 2023
Max & Louie’s Thought-Provoking “Constitution” Makes a Memorable Impression
Local Articles
St. Louis Post Dispatch, Mar 30, 2023
Acclaimed play ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ strikes a cultural chord
Gazelle Magazine article, March 13, 2023
Boundary-Breaking “What the Constitution Means to Me” to Make St. Louis Premier
Webster Kirkwood Times article, March 13, 2023
Spring Arts Preview “What The Constitution Means To Me”
Local Interviews
Interview with Michelle Hand on Saint Louis In Tune
Lynn & Carl speak with the Producer, Director & Star of Max & Louie’s “What the Constitution Means to Me” on PopLifeSTL.com Presents
Interviews on Morning Blend St. Louis
History
What the Constitution Means to Me premiered off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop on September 12, 2018. The play opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre on March 31, 2019. Initially announced for a 12-week engagement, the Broadway production extended twice and fully recouped its investment, shattering box office records, for a total run of 24 weeks. Following Broadway, What the Constitution Means to Me played a record-breaking limited engagement run at the Eisenhower Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., as well as two sit-down engagements in Los Angeles and Chicago before halting performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The national tour of What the Constitution Means to Me resumed in September 2021.
National Reviews
“Endearingly funny and deeply affecting… It would be hard to identify a work for the theater with its finger more on the pulse of America right now.” – Peter Marks, The Washington Post
“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.” – 2019 Pulitzer Prize Committee
“What the Constitution Means to Me is one of the things we always say we want theater to be: an act of civic engagement. It restarts an argument many of us forgot we even needed to have.” – Jesse Green, The New York Times
Synopsis
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this endearingly funny, hopeful and achingly human new play, actor Michelle Hand brilliantly resurrects Schreck’s teenage and present self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women in her family and the founding document that shaped their lives.
Content Advisory
What the Constitution Means to Me contains mentions of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and discussions of abortion and its stigmatization.
Playwright
Heidi Schreck
Director
Nancy Bell
Cast
Michelle Hand* – Heidi
Isaiah Di Lorenzo – Legionnaire
Riley Carter Adams – Debater
Aislyn Morrow – Debater
Maahi Saini – Debater
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association
Production Staff
Amy J Paige* – Stage Manager
Dunsi Dai – Scenic Designer
Emma Glose – Props Master
Abby Pastorello – Wardrobe Head
Macheala Brock – Scenic Design Assistant
Zak Metalsky – Lighting Designer and Master Electrician
Amanda Brasher – ASM and Covid Compliance Officer
Phillip Evans – Sound Designer
Jim Mozley Robert – Technical Director
Andy Cross – Scenic Artist
Karen Pierce – Board Op
Play Times and Venue
- Preview
- April 5,2023 7:30 PM
- Opening Night
- April 6,2023 7:30 PM
- Closing Day
- April 23,2023 3:00 PM
Running Time 1:30 minutes, no intermission
The Marcelle Theatre,
3310 Samuel Shepard Dr,
St. Louis, MO 63103
The Marcelle is located 3 blocks east of Grand Blvd, just down the street from Powell Hall.
Free secured parking at the Marcelle Theatre