What the Constitution Means to Me

In my Solo Performance Class, our final consisted of writing a paper on a solo performance that we could watch online. I chose to write about Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me. I will be the first to admit, I grew up in a conservative county and I was not the most educated, specifically when it came to abortions. Watching this play was an extremely eye opening experience for me and it changed my perspective quite a bit.

Two months after finishing that class, my professor, Jessica Del Vecchio reached out to me asking if I would help out with a staged reading of What the Constitution Means to Me. Dr. Heather Denyer, a professor at California State University, had reached out to Dr. Del Vecchio, along with a few other professors around the country to organize these readings.

This performance was incredibly important as a few months later the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. A couple weeks before performing I was able to join a Zoom call with Heidi Schreck and ask her some questions.

The performance was lovely and our dramaturg, Jordan Hundley, held a talkback afterwards. Just like the Broadway performance, we made audiences vote on whether or not the Constitution should be abolished. Most of our audience said that it should not be; however, many agreed it should be revised.