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, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

Community Production Partners: Chicago League of Women Voters, The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence, Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights

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.

Finalist: 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Winner! 2019 Obie Award, Best New American Play
Winner! 2019 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best American Play
Winner! 2019 Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Best New Play
Nominee: Two 2019 Tony Awards, including Best Play
Nominee: Two 2019 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Play