Forward Theater Company

What the Constitution Means to Me

by Heidi Schreck

Tan banner with a sock puppet monkey laying on its side and propping it's head on its hand. a blue copy of the constitution is leaning against the monkey.

Thursday, April 4 - Sunday, April 21

The Playhouse

$45 - $58

$15 student tickets available

$40 - $54 senior tickets available

This production includes personal accounts of intimate partner violence, abortion, and physical abuse.

Directed by Jen Uphoff Gray

Featuring Colleen Madden

As a teen, Heidi Schreck won scholarships for college by participating in Constitutional debate competitions. Now, she cannot help but weigh the earnest study, idealism and hopeful wisdom of her youth against the complexities of being a citizen and a woman in the United States in the 21st century. Join Wisconsin favorite Colleen Madden as she steps into Heidi’s shoes to ask us what this living document means to us— and what it means to be an American.

It’s also an instance of theatrical activism at its purest, modeling the world the play hopes to achieve…in which all stakeholders, not just powerful ones, are invited to the podium.
– The New York Times

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