What the Constitution Means to Me

What the Constitution Means to Me
Written by Heidi Shreck
Directed by Matt Hawkins
Performed by Stacy Stoltz & a Local Student, still TBD
Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 7:30pm
Listiak Auditorium in South Haven, Michigan
Tickets are $15, and students are free.

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 hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, Stacy Stoltz resurrects Heidi's teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

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.

We are delighted to announce that the South Haven Community Foundation has generously agreed to underwrite the entire cost of the 'What the Constitution Means to Me' performance! Their gracious sponsorship enables us to bring this impactful production to our audience, and we are sincerely grateful for their support.

**What the Constitution Means to Me” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com**

In association with The University of Notre Dame at Listiak Auditorium on August 31 at 7:30 pm.