Heidi Schreck’s play about women’s rights and domestic abuse, What the Constitution Means to Me, is set to release on the OTT platform in more than 240 countries
A filmed version of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning play What the Constitution Means to Me, created by and starring Heidi Schreck, is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. In the final, record-breaking week of its Broadway run, director Marielle Heller captured the play at the Helen Hayes Theatre.
Through the play, that premiered on Broadway on March 31, 2019, Schreck addresses themes such as women’s rights, immigration, and domestic abuse.
Fifteen-year-old Schreck earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human show, Heidi resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.
“I’m delighted with how beautifully Mari Heller has translated the Constitution to the screen and I am thankful to Big Beach and Amazon Studios for making it possible to share the show with more people — especially right now when we can’t gather together in theatres,” said Schreck.
She added, “In light of the moment we are living through, I am donating part of my proceeds from this film to the Broadway Cares COVID Relief Fund and to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s voting rights initiative.”
Albert Cheng, COO and Co-Head of Television, Amazon Studios, said, “Heidi Schreck is one of today’s most relevant and original voices, and What the Constitution Means to Me delivers a point of view that is equal parts hilarious, heartbreaking and hopeful. We are proud to bring the award-winning Broadway show to the screen for Prime Video and we know that Schreck’s next projects will embody the same intelligence and humanity.”
The Los Angeles Times’ Ashley Lee called What the Constitution Means to Me “a deeply personal tour de force.” Jesse Green of The New York Times proclaimed it “not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season, but also the most important.”
After an extended run on Broadway, the play got a sold-out, limited run at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC as well as at the Mark Taper Forum in LA. It hopes to continue its national tour in 2021.
(The play premieres on Amazon Prime Video on October 16.)