Heidi Schreck, the writer and star of “What the Constitution Means to Me,” says she will tweak her Tony-nominated play while turning over the deeply personal central role to another actress for the national tour.
and was a producer on “Billions,” will be prioritizing other projects including an adaptation of Patricia Lockwood's book “Priestdaddy” for Amazon and a new translation of Anton Chekov’s “Three Sisters” for New York Theatre Workshop.
Schreck’s play includes gut-wrenching anecdotes about abortion and domestic violence. She often pauses to choke back tears and responds to spontaneous audience interruptions. While realizing her personal connection to that political piece of paper, she inches away from the play's original frame. A radical approach requires both: Yes, someone will play Heidi Schreck, first as an optimistic 15-year-old and then as a disillusioned 47-year-old. This actress also will find a moment to pause the play, address the audience directly as herself , and share her own powerful story related to Constitutional rights.
The process will be similar for the role played by Mike Iveson, the debate’s moderator, who breaks character for a brief personal soliloquy. The local debater must identify as a young person of color, Schreck said. “I always wanted the play to keep opening up the perspective. It can't uphold the lie that whiteness is the central narrative,” Schreck said. “It doesn't need to be a cis teenage girl in the role; I think it'd be exciting too if a trans or nonbinary teenager would want to play it.”The tour’s actors may be confronted for their onstage remarks, as Schreck has been in New York.
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