Video25 Days of Tonys: How What the Constitution Means to Me鈥檚 Heidi Schreck Got Her Start in TheatreThe playwright and actor shares her childhood theatre memories and the one person with whom she wants to work next.
By
Ruthie Fierberg
October 17, 2020
Heidi Schreck鈥檚 What the Constitution Means to Me is a story inspired by Schreck鈥檚 own speeches delivered on the subject at American Legion halls around the country鈥攂ut it鈥檚 also largely inspired by the women in her family.
So it comes as no surprise that Schreck鈥檚 mother started her on a theatrical path. 鈥淢y mom who's the reason I fell in love with theatre,鈥� she says in the video above. 鈥淪he had a Shakespeare company for kids called The Short Shakespeareans, so between the ages of six and 12 I played all of the great comic Shakespearean heroines.鈥�
In fact, the first show Schreck ever saw was 鈥淭he Scottish Play.鈥�
鈥淚 couldn't sleep for like six months. That鈥檚 how I knew theatre was powerful,鈥� she confesses.
Here, she reveals the fellow nominee she鈥檚 most excited to meet, with whom she wants to collaborate next, and why she wants Jackie Sibblies Drury to write the next play about her life.
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