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| Broadway Production of What the Constitution Means to Me Comes Exclusively to the Kennedy Center | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 06:03 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
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| The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Announces the Broadway Production of What the Constitution Means to Me To Play an Exclusive Encore Engagement at the Kennedy Center Immediately Following Its Celebrated New York Run Performed by Tony®–Nominated Star and Author HEIDI SCHRECK and the Broadway Company September 11–22, 2019 in the Eisenhower Theater The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces that Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Tony Award® nominee, and three-time Obie Award winner Heidi Schreck will bring the Broadway production of her groundbreaking play, What the Constitution Means to Me, to the Kennedy Center immediately following the Broadway run for 15 performances only, September 11–22, 2019. Directed by Oliver Butler (The Amateurs, The Lightyears), What the Constitution Means to Me will be performed by Heidi Schreck (Grand Concourse, I Love Dick) with original Broadway cast members Mike Iveson (Gatz, The Sound and the Fury) and New York City high school student Rosdely Ciprian. Tickets for all performances will go on sale to Kennedy Center Members and subscribers July 9 and to the general public July 16 through the Kennedy Center Box Office, www.kennedy-center.org, or by calling (202) 467-4600 or (800) 444-1324. “I'm honored to have the opportunity to perform this deeply personal story about our founding document just blocks from where the original Constitution is displayed, and where the leaders who are charged with upholding it live and work," said playwright and performer Heidi Schreck. “I have been profoundly moved by how audiences both off and on Broadway have embraced this piece, and I cannot wait to share it with D.C. " “What the Constitution Means to Me asks us to examine our own relationship with that foundational document in such a resonant way that I knew this important play had to come to Washington, D.C. I am absolutely thrilled that the Broadway run will be extended exclusively here at the Kennedy Center this fall,” said Jeffrey Finn, Vice President of Theater Producing and Programming. Heidi Schreck’s timely and galvanizing play, directed by Oliver Butler, became a sensation off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop last fall before transferring to Broadway this spring and receiving two Tony Award® nominations (Best Play, Best Actress in Leading Role in a Play), 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 Circle Award nomination (Outstanding New Broadway Play), and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination (Best Play). It was recently 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. Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In her boundary-breaking new play, the Obie Award winner resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women in her family and the founding document that shaped their lives. This hilarious, hopeful and “achingly human” (Exeunt Magazine) exploration breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it might impact the lives of future generations. 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). Funding Credits Theater at the Kennedy Center is made possible by Adrienne Arsht. The Kennedy Center Theater Season is sponsored by Altria Group. |
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| An exclusive engagement before a national tour | |
| Posted by: dramedy 06:10 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
| In reply to: Broadway Production of What the Constitution Means to Me Comes Exclusively to the Kennedy Center - Official_Press_Release 06:03 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
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| I guess the tour starts in 2020. | |
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| re: An exclusive engagement before a national tour | |
| Posted by: Manager-561 07:44 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
| In reply to: An exclusive engagement before a national tour - dramedy 06:10 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
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| I think what makes this exclusive is Heidi Schreck doing this run, as opposed to the later tour. | |
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| I didn’t realize she wasn’t doing the tour. | |
| Posted by: dramedy 08:42 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
| In reply to: re: An exclusive engagement before a national tour - Manager-561 07:44 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
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| I’m less likely to see it now if it stops soon I’ll n San fran | |
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| re: I didn’t realize she wasn’t doing the tour. | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 11:32 am EDT 06/21/19 | |
| In reply to: I didn’t realize she wasn’t doing the tour. - dramedy 08:42 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
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| There's an article in this morning's Chicago Tribune hinting or suggesting that Shreck should or could strike some sort of deal with Goodman Theatre in order to make the Broadway production part of an upcoming season. Something similar was done in past years with I Am My Own Wife and van Hove's A View from the Bridge. | |
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| re: I didn’t realize she wasn’t doing the tour. | |
| Posted by: BillEadie 01:16 pm EDT 06/21/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I didn’t realize she wasn’t doing the tour. - BroadwayTonyJ 11:32 am EDT 06/21/19 | |
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| I was under the impression that she would be performing in it at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, but I see now on the website that she is credited as author but that casting is still to be announced. Bill, in San Diego |
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| It's very strange she isn't doing the tour | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 04:11 am EDT 06/21/19 | |
| In reply to: I didn’t realize she wasn’t doing the tour. - dramedy 08:42 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
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| The play is written by her about her, starring the character that IS her, and it talks intimately about her actual family and their history. Beyond that, I'd think for a performer/writer at her level, being out there with the play, having the intimate personal experience the play creates WITH her and audiences of theater and film and tv audiences around the country would only benefit her bankability and the strength of her name and brand. Beyond that, it's very odd for the national tour of this specifically personal and biographical play in which she plays herself to NOT have her in it. I get that the play has to and will live on without her in the role, but after the national tour of the original production... or so I'd have thought. I also think that, like you, many relatively aware theater goers will be way less excited to see this without her in it. |
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| Oh wow, I hadn't realized she isn't | |
| Posted by: Pashacar 09:38 am EDT 06/21/19 | |
| In reply to: It's very strange she isn't doing the tour - Chazwaza 04:11 am EDT 06/21/19 | |
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| That is odd. Curious to see how it is received.... | |
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| re: Oh wow, I hadn't realized she isn't | |
| Posted by: mikem 11:30 am EDT 06/21/19 | |
| In reply to: Oh wow, I hadn't realized she isn't - Pashacar 09:38 am EDT 06/21/19 | |
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| It's especially odd to me because Schreck does not have a listed understudy in the Playbill, and I'm guessing it's because she doesn't actually have one. My understanding is that Equity insists on an understudy unless the performer is irreplaceable, either by being a star (Schreck is extremely talented, but not a star in that sense) or by being so integral that she is not replaceable. So the producers are saying she's irreplaceable and they don't need to pay for an understudy but that she's replaceable for a national tour. |
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