A PLAY BY HEIDI SCHRECK - MCGUIRE PROSCENIUM STAGE / SEPT 30 - OCT 24, 2021 - GUTHRIE THEATER

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A Play by Heidi Schreck

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 IN PICTURES
 The Great Outdoors • 4

 WELCOME
 From Artistic Director Joseph Haj • 5

 GUTHRIE SPOTLIGHT GUTHRIE SPOTLIGHT
 Offstage and Online • 6
 While You Were Out • 6
 History Plays Workshop • 8

 WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
 Cast and Creative Team • 11
 Biographies • 12
 Additional Staff • 16

 PLAY FEATURES
 Test Your Constitution IQ • 17
 27 Questions With Cassie Beck • 20
 GUTHRIE SPOTLIGHT
 Report From the Rehearsal Room • 8 Backstory • 22

 SUPPORTERS
 Annual Fund Contributors • 23
 Corporate, Foundation and Public Support • 27

 WHO WE ARE
 Board of Directors and Guthrie Staff • 28

 GOOD TO KNOW
 Theater Information and Policies • 30
 PLAY FEATURE
 Meet Cassie Beck • 20

 Guthrie Theater Program
 Volume 59, Issue 1 • Copyright 2021
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IN PICTURES

 @kristengjesdahl @iamdwlong @sawyer_thegoldensidekick

 The Great Outdoors
 Reopening our building in July can be summed up in two words: Pure. Joy. To show the
 community how much we missed and appreciated them, we added some fun outdoor photo ops
 to help make a visit to the Guthrie feel even more special. A big thanks to you (and your furry
 friends) for stopping by and making us smile.

 @thechrimelshow @archiesaysbonjour @sprucedupsara
 PHOTO: OPPOSITE PAGE: JOSEPH HAJ (T CHARLES ERICKSON)

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WELCOME

 From Artistic Director
 Joseph Haj

 Sept 30 – Oct 24, 2021
 Dear Friends,
McGuire Proscenium Stage
 It is a joy to welcome you to the Guthrie’s 2021–2022 Season! After 18
 months of dark stages, returning to the theater feels like the greatest of
 gifts. Whether you’re returning to the Guthrie or joining us for the first
 time, I’m thrilled and grateful that you’re here.
 Nov 6 – Dec 27, 2021
 Wurtele Thrust Stage Our return season promises to be extraordinary in many ways, beginning
 with the Guthrie kicking off the national tour of What the Constitution
 Means to Me, the illustrious and timely memoir play by Heidi Schreck
 that hasn’t stopped wowing critics and theatergoers since its 2017 world
 premiere. I love this play entirely, and every person I know who has seen
 the show has been so taken by it. I think it is precisely the kind of play
 Jan 8 – Feb 12, 2022
McGuire Proscenium Stage we need as we make our way back to the theater.

 Schreck’s close examination of America’s founding document — in
 particular the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments — is everything you’d
 expect a play about the U.S. Constitution to be: powerful, serious,
 Feb 26 – April 16, 2022 thought-provoking and moving. But it’s also exceedingly personal and
 Wurtele Thrust Stage
 very funny, and that’s what makes it brilliant. Although there are lessons
 to be learned and truths to be uncovered, the play is not a political
 screed. Rather, it is an invitation to engage in an essential conversation
 and determine, like Schreck, what the Constitution means to you.

 April 30 – June 5, 2022
 Thank you for joining us as we embark on a new season together, and
McGuire Proscenium Stage
 I hope you enjoy this remarkable show.

 With gratitude,
 June 18 – Aug 21, 2022
 Wurtele Thrust Stage

 July 16 – Aug 21, 2022
McGuire Proscenium Stage

For tickets and information, call
 the Box Office at 612.377.2224
 or 1.877.447.8243 (toll-free) or
 visit guthrietheater.org.

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GUTHRIE SPOTLIGHT

While You Were Out
On March 13, 2020, everything changed at the Guthrie. Our stages and building stood
silent. “Zoom” entered our vocabulary. Homes suddenly became workspaces. But our
commitment to serve the community through theater never wavered. The last 18 months

 PHOTOS: THIS PAGE: DOMINO D’LORION AND CAMRIN KING (MAIJA GARCÍA); BRIAN FEW JR, NATHANIEL FULLER, ANTON SHAVLIK AND TAHIEL JIMENEZ MEDINA ON THE SET OF DICKENS’ HOLIDAY CLASSIC (KAITLIN SCHLICK); OPPOSITE PAGE: TY DEFOE AND LARISSA FASTHORSE
may not have gone according to plan, but they gave us a unique opportunity to do things
differently, like create virtual theater and rebuild one of our most beloved shows. Here’s
what we were up to while our stages were dark.

 (COURTESY OF LARISSA FASTHORSE); SCROOGE & MARLEY SIGN (SCENIC DESIGN BY MATT SAUNDERS); AIMEE K. BRYANT, REGINA MARIE WILLIAMS, ERIN NICOLE FARSTÉ AND SIMONE BERNADETTE IN DINING WITH THE ANCESTORS (TOM WALLACE)
 PARTNERSHIP WITH MN BLACK THEATRE CIRCLE
 Since August 2020, MN Black Theatre Circle — a multigenerational
 coalition of Black theater artists in the Twin Cities — has worked in
 partnership with the Guthrie to center the voices of Minnesota Black
 theater artists while also aiming to generate greater equity and inclusion
 within the Guthrie.

 In May 2021, this work culminated in the virtual Blackness Is… Arts
 Festival, which was intentionally scheduled one year after George Floyd’s
 death. Produced by MN Black Theatre Circle in partnership with the
 Guthrie, the three-day showcase featured performances by 13 local Black
 artists and shared a detailed history of Black theater in Minnesota.

 VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING
 Participating in the virtual theater landscape was new to the Guthrie,
 and it allowed us to feature more voices and offer greater access to
 audiences in Minnesota and beyond. Our biggest undertaking was
 Dickens’ Holiday Classic, a virtual telling of A Christmas Carol. We
 partnered with Freestyle Films to create a new version of the holiday
 classic that blended elements of cinema and theater. In December
 2020, patrons from all 87 Minnesota counties, all 50 states and 15 other
 countries tuned in, plus an estimated 150,000 K–12 students who viewed
 the film at no cost.

 From October 2020 to April 2021, we also presented a monthly series of
 virtual performances by local Black artists, including I AM, A Breath for
 George, STOOPIDITY, When Our Joy Matters, Missing Mississippi Moons,
 The Uprising Volume II: Black HERstory, Dining With the Ancestors and
 Tears of a Willow.

 “Much of our initial work was figuring out how Charles Dickens’ prose
 would live in a cinematic world and maintain the genesis of theater.
 In the end, it became something uniquely its own.”
 – E.G. Bailey on co-directing Dickens’ Holiday Classic

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PLAY DEVELOPMENT
 While the Guthrie was shuttered, we kept our play commissions moving
 forward with these talented artists:
 • Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota) and Ty Defoe (Haudenosaunee,
 Six Nations/Anishinaabe Nation) of Indigenous Direction
 • Mark Rylance (Nice Fish) and Peter Reder
 • Karen Zacarías (Destiny of Desire, Native Gardens)
 • Amir Nizar Zuabi (This Is Who I Am, Grey Rock)

We asked playwrights Larissa FastHorse and Ty Defoe (pictured above on a writing
retreat with Indigenous Direction) to tell us about their play in progress tentatively
titled Franklin Avenue. They described it this way: “A new play emerges about the urban
Native heart of Minneapolis. Created through engagement with local Indigenous friends,
family and fellow artists.” Stay tuned for more about this exciting upcoming work.

 REBUILDING A CHRISTMAS CAROL
 When Charles Dickens’ timeless tale returns to the Guthrie stage in
 November 2021, it will mark our 47th production of the holiday classic. For
 the past few months, our in-house shops have been bustling with activity
 as artists began building all-new scenery, costumes, props, lighting and
 sound for the show. We can’t wait for audiences to experience the wonder
 of the holidays through this fresh-yet-faithful adaptation by Chicago-
 based theatermaker Lavina Jadhwani. P.S. Tickets are on sale now.

 WORKING WITH ACTORS
 In addition to having artists back onsite, it was a joy to have actors
 return to the Guthrie for various projects. In March 2021, we transformed
 one of our rehearsal rooms into the set for a virtual presentation of
 Dining With the Ancestors, a play conceived by Regina Marie Williams
 that brought four actors, Williams included, together to perform a call-
 to-action story about a woman who receives an unexpected visit from
 three Black ancestors.

 More familiar faces graced our rehearsal rooms in August 2021 for a
 workshop of Shakespeare’s history plays. Turn the page to see who
 joined us and learn more about the purpose, goals and discoveries of
 the working sessions.

 SPRUCED SPACES
 With support from our production and facilities staff, we took advantage
 of our empty spaces to tackle much-needed updates, including
 reupholstering all 1,100 seats in the thrust, replacing armrests in the
 proscenium and adding 60+ handrails in both theaters. We also made
 health and safety improvements, including increased air flow and the
 installation of high-efficiency MERV 13 air filters. And that sea of red
 theater seats? They were deep cleaned and spruced up just for you.

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GUTHRIE SPOTLIGHT

History Plays Workshop:
Report From the
Rehearsal Room By Carla Steen
 Resident Dramaturg

For 12 days in late August, more than two dozen people gathered in Guthrie rehearsal
rooms for what can only be described as a joyous, art-affirming and enriching experience
to workshop a cycle of history plays by William Shakespeare.

Under the direction of Joseph these plays for the first time. Cyrano de Bergerac, who drew on
Haj, the group parsed, discussed Together, the cast learned from the work in the room to inspire
and analyzed Richard II, Henry IV one another, worked their vocal incidental music and compose
(Part 1 and Part 2) and Henry V — and acting muscles and developed songs, including a rollicking
plays that had been included in a deep respect for their art, the (and earworm) drinking song to
our canceled 2020–2021 Season. plays and each other. With daily enliven the world of London’s
 PHOTOS: THIS PAGE: REGINA MARIE WILLIAMS; OPPOSITE PAGE: JENNIFER LIESTMAN

Testing cuttings of the plays and movement and vocal warmups led Eastcheap tavern.
casting tracks, the workshop also by Maija García and Andrew Wade,
provided the opportunity to dive actors were quickly able to create The plays tell a version of English
into epic storytelling and examine the camaraderie of a company and history covering 1399 to 1422,
themes and ideas that may inform reconnect with the skills needed to during which three very different
eventual production. fill the Guthrie’s 1,100-seat thrust kings reigned with varying
 stage with the power and beauty challenges and ideas of leadership.
The cast included Sally Wingert of Shakespeare’s language. Elizabethans believed lessons
and Stephen Yoakam, who, along could be drawn from studying
with Haj, are veterans of the Also in residence was composer history — an idea that was also
Guthrie’s 1990 production of the Jack Herrick, familiar to Guthrie immediate and palpable among
cycle; they were joined by many audiences for his music in recent the artists who gathered in August.
actors who were experiencing productions of Pericles and Drawing on events from 200

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History Plays
 Workshop

 Cast
 Ansa Akyea
 John Catron
 Christiana Clark
 David Darrow
 Grayson DeJesus
 Domino D’Lorion
 Sebastian Grim
 Jon Andrew Hegge
 Charity Jones
 Jimmy Kieffer
 Kurt Kwan
 Erin Mackey
 Tracey Maloney
 Melissa Maxwell
 Tyler Michaels King
 Nubia Monks
 Michelle O’Neill
 Danielle Troiano
 Regina Marie Williams
 Sally Wingert
 Stephen Yoakam

 Creative Team
 Maija García, Movement
 Joseph Haj, Director
 Jack Herrick, Composer
 and Music Director
 Carla Steen, Dramaturg
 Andrew Wade,
 Vocal and Text Coach

 Stage Manager
 Tree O’Halloran

 COVID-19 Compliance
 Officers
 Sarah Gullickson
years before his time, Shakespeare Haj reiterated to the company Sara L’Heureux
created characters whose humanity, that we’re in a golden age of long- Jennifer Liestman
problems and vulnerability are as form storytelling, whether we are
familiar as our own family, friends and immersed in the world of Harry Interim Company
public figures. From the aristocratic Potter and the Marvel Cinematic Manager
dynastic struggles that dominate Universe or binge-watching “Ted Megan West

Richard II to the domestic civil strife Lasso” and the Shakespeare-inspired
and ambivalent heir to the throne “Game of Thrones.” For this group
 Supported by
in Henry IV to the costs of waging of artists, the opportunity to engage
even a successful war in Henry V, the with nearly nine hours of stage play
lessons of history through the filter of was a gift following this long stretch
Shakespeare’s pen instruct and echo in which we’ve been nearly bereft of
for us even today. in-person theatrical performance.

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An essential American play

 by LORRAINE HANSBERRY
 directed by AUSTENE VAN
 January 8 – February 12, 2022
 McGuire Proscenium Stage

 A parable of reconciliation

 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
 directed by JOE DOWLING
 February 26 – April 16, 2022
Our subscription season Wurtele Thrust Stage
features an eclectic mix of
plays that present forever-
relevant themes and shared
 A music-filled comedy
human experiences. Along
the way, hope shows up
 by KAREN ZACARÍAS
in unexpected places and
 directed by
reminds us that healing is RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON
possible — especially when April 30 – June 5, 2022
we seek it together. McGuire Proscenium Stage

To become a subscriber, call
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at 612.225.6238 or visit
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 based on the novel by JANE AUSTEN
 directed by MEREDITH McDONOUGH
 June 18 – August 21, 2022
season sponsors Wurtele Thrust Stage

 This activity is made possible
 by the voters of Minnesota
 through a Minnesota State
 Arts Board Operating Support
 grant, thanks to a legislative
 appropriation from the arts A Pulitzer Prize-winning drama
 and cultural heritage fund.

 WEM 2000 Foundation by LYNN NOTTAGE
of The Dorsey & Whitney
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 July 16 – August 21, 2022
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What the Constitution
 Means to Me

 Setting
 An American Legion hall in
 Cast
 Wenatchee, Washington Cassie Beck

 Run Time Mike Iveson
 Approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes
 Gabriel Marin
 (no intermission)
 Jessica Savage
 Photo and Video
 Please turn off all electronic devices Jocelyn Shek
 such as cellular phones and watch
 Emilyn Toffler
 alarms. The use of any recording
 device, either audio or video, and
 the taking of photographs, with or Jocelyn Shek and Emilyn Toffler
 without flash, is strictly prohibited.
 will alternate performances.
 Land Acknowledgment
 The Guthrie wishes to acknowledge
 that we gather on the traditional UNDERSTUDIES
 land of the Dakota People and
 honor with gratitude the land itself
 Understudies never substitute for a listed performer
 and the people who have stewarded unless a specific announcement is made at the time
 it throughout the generations, of the performance.
 including the Ojibwe and other
 Indigenous nations. Understudy for Cassie Beck — Jessica Savage
 Understudy for Mike Iveson — Gabriel Marin

Biographies
 Cassie Beck (Heidi). She/her. Beck Mike Iveson (Legionnaire). He/him.
 Iveson was in the original Broadway
 plays series regular Courtney Thacker
 cast of What the Constitution Means to
 on the anticipated upcoming series
 Me, and has toured with the show to
 reboot of “I Know What You Did Last
 Washington, D.C. (Kennedy Center) and
 Summer” for Amazon Prime. Broadway
 Los Angeles (Mark Taper Forum). He has
 credits include the recent revival of
 appeared in dozens of productions across
 The Rose Tattoo, original cast member
 the U.S. and internationally, frequently
 of The Humans (Tony Award, Drama
 with the award-winning Elevator Repair
 Desk Award, LA/London), Picnic and
 Service theatre company, including in
 The Norman Conquests. Off Broadway
 Gatz, the company’s legendary 7-hour
 she’s developed, created and performed
 adaptation of The Great Gatsby (West End, London; Opera House,
premiere leading roles at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre
 Sydney; Public Theater, NYC; and many others). Off-Broadway: as
Club, Atlantic Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, Ars Nova, Classic
 Ernest Hemingway’s alter ego Jake Barnes in The Select/The Sun Also
Stage Company, the Women’s Project and others. She’s done the
 Rises; Fondly, Collette Richland (both at New York Theatre Workshop);
same regionally, bringing her work to stages all across the country
 the recent revival of David Hare’s Plenty; Measure for Measure (both
including The Ahmanson, South Coast Rep, The Huntington, Actors’
 at the Public, NYC); The World My Mama Raised (Clubbed Thumb);
Theatre of Louisville – Humana Festival, Long Wharf Theatre (a world
 Crime or Emergency (PS 122). Film & TV: “Orange Is the New Black”;
premiere by Heidi Schreck) and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
 Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner’s West Side Story; Untitled Katie
During the pandemic, she recurred on NBC/Peacock’s original sitcom
 Holmes Project (2022).
“Connecting”. Additional TV guest star appearances include “Pose”
for FX, HBO’s “High Maintenance”, CBS’s “Elementary”, and “Chicago
Med” on NBC. Cassie appears opposite Mark Wahlberg in the feature
film Joe Bell, currently in theaters. @cassiebeckster

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Gabriel Marin (Understudy for Mike Schreck has taught playwriting and screenwriting at NYU, Columbia,
 Iveson). He/him. Marin has most recently Kenyon College, and Primary Stages.
 been seen Off-Broadway in Then They
 Forgot About The Rest (INTAR). He Oliver Butler (Director). He/him. Broadway: What the Constitution
 has appeared in over 60 productions Means to Me. Co-Artistic Director of The Debate Society: The
 regionally with American Conservatory Light Years (Playwrights Horizons), Jacuzzi (Ars Nova), Blood Play
 Theater, Kansas City Rep, Ensemble (Bushwick Starr), Buddy Cop 2 (Ontological), Cape Disappointment
 Theatre Company, San Francisco (P.S. 122), You’re Welcome, The Eaten Heart, The Snow Hen, A
 Playhouse, San Jose Rep, Kitchen Theatre Thought About Raya. Off-Broadway: What the Constitution Means
 Company, Merrimack Rep, TheatreWorks, to Me (New York Theatre Workshop), Thom Pain (based on nothing)
 Marin Theatre Company, Aurora Theatre (Signature Theatre), The Amateurs (Vineyard Theatre), The Open
Company, Magic Theatre, and Center REP, among others. Marin’s House (Signature Theatre, Lortel Award Best Play, Obie Award
recent screen credits include NBC’s “Law and Order: SVU” and HBO’s Direction). Regional: The Plot (Yale Rep), The Whistleblower (Denver
“Succession”. gabriel-marin.com Center), Thom Pain (Geffen Playhouse), Legacy (Williamstown Theatre
 Festival), Bad Jews (Long Wharf), An Opening in Time (Hartford
 Jessica Savage (Understudy for Stage). International: Timeshare (The Malthouse, Australia). He is a
 Cassie Beck). She/her. Jessica has Sundance Institute Fellow and a Bill Foeller Fellow (Williamstown).
 performed on stages in New York and
 throughout the country including: Rachel Hauck (Scenic Design). Broadway: What the Constitution
 Manhattan Theatre Club, The Alley Means to Me, Hadestown (Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics
 Theatre, Contemporary Arts Theater Award nominations), John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons. Recent
 Festival, Vampire Cowboys, Barrington work: The Wrong Man (MCC); Hadestown (National Theatre, London,
 Stage, etc. Television: FBI: “Most New York Theatre Workshop); Hurricane Diane (New York Theatre
 Wanted” (CBS), “Quantico” (ABC), Workshop); Othello, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park); The Lucky
 “Elementary” (CBS). Awards: The Laura Ones (Ars Nova); you’ll still call me by name (Sonya Tayeh/Jacob’s
 Pels International Foundation for Theater Pillow); Tiny Beautiful Things, Dry Powder (The Public); Amy and the
Awards in Acting. Training: The Juilliard School. Orphans, On the Exhale (Roundabout); Parallelogram (Second Stage);
 Fucking A, Night Is a Room, Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature); Animal,
 Jocelyn Shek (Performer). She/her. Harper Regan, Bluebird (Atlantic); Antlia Pneumatica, Grand Concourse
 Shek is a high school junior from Los (Playwrights Horizons). Princess Grace and Lilly Awards, Drama Desk
 Angeles who is very excited to be and Lortel nominations, Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.
 returning to the national tour of What
 the Constitution Means to Me. She Michael Krass (Costume Design). Broadway: Tony nominations
 is passionate about theatre, with a for Hadestown, Noises Off, Machinal, and The Constant Wife, plus
 love of stage shows and improv, and Charlie Brown, Twelve Angry Men, Heisenberg, and new plays by Joe
 is dedicated to improving the world DiPietro, Stephen Belber, Nicky Silver, and Elaine May. Off-Broadway
 around her through debate and political work includes premieres by Edward Albee, Christopher Durang, John
 activism. Love to family and friends Guare, Theresa Rebeck, Sarah Treem, John Kander/Greg Pierce, Will
 for their continued support. Instagram: Eno, Lauren Yee, Lisa Loomer, Donald Margulies, and many more. He
 @jocelyn.shek teaches in the graduate program at Brown University.

 Emilyn Toffler (Performer). They/he. Jen Schriever (Lighting Design). She/her. Broadway: Lackawanna
 Tour Debut! Toffler is an actor/debater Blues, Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact, Eclipsed, Ghetto
 from Los Angeles. They are thrilled to be Klown. Recent Off-Broadway: Power Strip (LCT 3); A Strange Loop
 a part of What the Constitution Means to (Playwrights Horizons); Superhero (2ST); What the Constitution
 Me! Favorite credits include school plays Means to Me (NYTW); Thom Pain, Night is a Room (Signature);
 such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Collective Rage, School Girls... (MCC); Usual Girls, Bobbie Clearly, On
 are Dead (Polonius), Twelve Angry Jurors the Exhale (Roundabout); Dan Cody’s Yacht, In the Body of the World
 (Juror 4), Guys and Dolls (Benny), Shrek (Manhattan Theatre Club); The Amateurs (Vineyard); Strange Interlude
 the Musical (Shrek) and Into the Woods (TransportGroup); The Moors (Playwrights Realm); Eclipsed, ToasT,
 (The Baker). Emilyn would like to thank A Second Chance (The Public). Tour: An Officer and a Gentleman
 their parents and cousin John for helping and Blue Man Group national. Opera: Die Fledermaus, Pearl Fishers
them prepare for the role, as well as his friends and extended family (Metropolitan); Faust, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Traviata
for supporting him. A special thanks to his theatre teachers, Pam (Mariinsky, Russia). Adjunct Professor: Purchase College. Mom: Henry.
Moser, Ashley Crow, and Dr. Julianne De Sal. Lastly, he would like to jenschriever.com
thank the entire cast and crew for being so welcoming and supportive.
 Sinan Refik Zafar (Sound Design) is a New York-based sound
Heidi Schreck (Playwright). She/her. Schreck is a playwright, designer and composer. Broadway: What the Constitution Means
screenwriter, and performer living in Brooklyn. Her most recent play, to Me. Off-Broadway: Noura (Guthrie Theater), Seared (MCC), The
What the Constitution Means to Me, was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist Vagrant Trilogy (The Public), Novenas for a Lost Hospital (Rattlestick),
and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW, Berkeley Rep, Clubbed
Play. Schreck also received two Tony Award nominations for What the Thumb), What to Send Up When It Goes Down (Woolly Mammoth,
Constitution Means to Me for Best Play and Best Performance by an A.R.T.), And She Would Stand Like This (The Movement Theatre
Actress in a Leading Role in a Play, the 2019 Smithsonian American Company), Hamlet (Waterwell), Intelligence (Next Door @ NYTW),
Ingenuity Award, the Horton Foote Playwriting Award, the Hull-Warriner Richard in 49 Poses (Clubbed Thumb). Regional: A Human Being, of
Award, and an Obie. A filmed version of What the Constitution Means a Sort (Williamstown Theatre Festival); The Niceties (Geva Theatre
to Me, starring Schreck, premiered this past October exclusively on Center); The Language Archive (Theatreworks Silicon Valley); Jump
Amazon Prime Video, and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, (PlayMakers Rep); peerless (Yale Repertory Theatre); The Wolves,
a PGA Award, and a DGA Award. Heidi’s other plays include Grand Detroit, Intimate Apparel (TheatreSquared); We are Proud to Present…
Concourse, Creature, Mr. Universe, and There Are No More Big Secrets. (Yale Dramat); Midsummer (Tiltyard); Macbeth (dir. Will Frears).
Her screenwriting credits include I Love Dick, Billions, and Nurse Jackie. Wingspace. MFA: Yale School of Drama. sinanzafar.com

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Sarah Lunnie (Dramaturg). Broadway: Grand Horizons, What Bethany Weinstein Stewert (Production Management).
the Constitution Means to Me (also NYTW, Clubbed Thumb), Hillary She/her. Recent: What the Constitution Means to Me (Broadway
and Clinton, A Doll’s House, Part 2. Off-Broadway: The Thin Place and National Tour), Titanique, The King’s Speech, Torch Song, Lobby
(Playwrights Horizons), Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (Ars Nova), Miles for Hero and Straight White Men. Bethany has production managed
Mary (Playwrights, Bushwick Starr). New York: The Essential Straight at Aurora Productions, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Manhattan
& Narrow (New Ohio), Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, Second Stage Theater, and
Robot War (New Ohio, The Brick). Regional: Shipwreck (Woolly Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. She is the founder of Stewert
Mammoth), Human Error (Denver Center), Humana Festival premieres Productions, LLC and an adjunct professor.
of Where the Mountain Meets the Sea, The Christians, The Hour of
Feeling, O Guru Guru Guru, Sleep Rock Thy Brain, Death Tax, and MEP (General Management) is a producing, developing, and
Under Construction. management company founded by Avram Freedberg, Mary Beth
 Dale, and Eva Price, and is joined by Managing Director/General
Tatiana Pandiani (Associate Director). She/her. Pandiani is Manager Carl Flanigan. Select credits: Jitney (national tour), The
a Latine director-choreographer. Recent: Blood Wedding (Yale). Hip Hop Nutcracker, Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical, Small Mouth
Upcoming: Our Town (Dallas Theatre Center), Torera (Long Wharf). Sounds, The Lion, 50 Shades! The Musical, Frankie Valli and the Four
Tatiana has directed and developed new work at the Park Theatre Seasons on Broadway!, Colin Quinn Long Story Short directed by Jerry
(London), Cleveland Playhouse, NYTW, IATI, Primary Stages, Seinfeld. maximumcompany.com
Signature. As a choreographer, Tatiana collaborates with Latin-
American artists in concerts & music videos. She is the New Works 321 Theatrical Management (General Management
Director at Miami New Drama, and a professor at Hofstra University Consultants). Wicked (worldwide), SpongeBob SquarePants, War
and the Atlantic Acting School. Member of SDC. MFA: Columbia. Paint, Oh, Hello, Fully Committed, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the
Reps: Paradigm. Starcatcher, Bring It On, Sister Act, Traces, Next to Normal, …Spelling
 Bee, The Vagina Monologues, Man of La Mancha, The Graduate, I Love
Taylor Williams, CSA (Casting). Broadway: What the You, You’re Perfect…, and Bat Boy. 321 includes Marcia Goldberg, Nina
Constitution Means to Me (NYTW, Barrow Street, Broadway) and Essman, Nancy Gibbs, Ken Silverman, and Amy Merlino Coey.
Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play (NYTW, Broadway). Taylor is the
Resident Casting Director at New York Theatre Workshop and Page Diana DiMenna (Producer). She/her. Tony-nominated producer,
73 Productions. She has cast various productions in NYC and around award-winning documentary filmmaker. Broadway: Network, Three
the country. Notable productions include Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma! Tall Women, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Bright Star,
(Fisher Center at Bard), Aleshea Harris’ Is God Is (Soho Rep), Amy A Doll’s House, Part 2, Meteor Shower, The Iceman Cometh, and The
Herzog’s Mary Jane (NYTW), Lucas Hnath’s The Thin Place (Humana Humans (national tour). Off-Broadway: Fleabag, Black Light. Film:
Festival, ATL). Upcoming: Martyna Majok’s Sanctuary City (NYTW), Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Chita Rivera Award for excellence
Sam Gold’s Three Sisters (NYTW), Whitney White’s The Amen Corner in dance on film).
(Shakespeare Theatre, DC).
 Aaron Glick (Producer). He/him. Glick is a Tony and Olivier Award
Bond Theatrical (Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity Direction) winning producer. Credits include: What the Constitution Means to Me,
is an independently-owned booking, marketing and publicity The Boys in the Band, & Juliet, Fully Committed, Gypsy and The Old
company for live entertainment productions. Current tour marketing Man and the Old Moon. Aaron is an Associate Producer with David
and booking shows include 9 to 5: The Musical, A Soldier’s Play, An Stone and has worked on such shows as: Three Days of Rain, The 25th
Officer and a Gentleman, Annie, Blue Man Group, CATS, Clue, Clueless, Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked, Next to Normal, If/Then
Company, Diana, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The and War Paint. Aaron is on the Board of The Musical Theatre Factory,
Musical, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Rockin’ On, Girl from the a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and the recipient of Hal
North Country, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kathleen Turner: Finding My Prince’s T Fellowship.
Voice, Lempicka, Love Actually Live, The Lehman Trilogy, May We All,
Spamilton, The Brat Pack and What the Constitution Means to Me. Matt Ross (Producer). He/him. Ross produced this season’s Pass
Current marketing and publicity shows include 1776, Anastasia, Dear Over, which recently reopened Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre,
Evan Hansen, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the Roof, Jagged and Is This A Room and Dana H., which are playing in repertory at
Little Pill, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre. Prior to the tour, he produced Heidi
Oklahoma!, The Band’s Visit, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me on Broadway and its
The Prom and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. film adaptation on Amazon Prime Video. He is the founder of Matt
 Ross Public Relations, an agency representing a broad spectrum
Nicole Olson (Production Stage Manager). She/her. National of theatre productions and entities in New York and beyond. Matt
tours: Waitress, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Phantom of serves as Board Chair for the Brooklyn-based theatre company The
the Opera, Jersey Boys, Billy Elliot, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. TEAM, and on the Board of Governors of the Association of Theatrical
Regional: San Jose Repertory (six seasons including By the Bog Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM). Love and gratitude to Alyssa
of Cats with Holly Hunter), TheatreWorks, Working (Broadway and Sydney.
Playhouse-Chicago). BA: Theatre, Univ. of Southern California.
Thanks TK. Eva Price (Producer). She/her. Price is a three-time Tony Award-
 winning producer. Credits: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T., Broadway),
Cate Agis (Stage Manager). She/her. National Tours: Charlie and the Oklahoma! (Best Musical Revival), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,
Chocolate Factory, Hello, Dolly! Broadway: Miss Saigon, … The Great Angels in America (Tony-winning revival starring Nathan Lane and
Comet. NYC: Sleep No More. Regional: A.R.T., ArtsEmerson, C.A.T.F. Andrew Garfield), Dear Evan Hansen (six Tony Awards including Best
Actors’ Shakespeare Project. BFA: Emerson College. Endless love to all Musical), On Your Feet!, Peter and the Starcatcher (five Tony Awards),
who have supported and inspired me, thank you. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on Broadway!, Colin Quinn: Long
 Story Short (directed by Jerry Seinfeld), Annie (Tony-nominated
Michael Camp (Company Manager). He/him. Michael is very revival), The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino (Tony-nominated
honored to be a part of this important show. Michael has traveled the revival), Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking, The Addams Family, Cruel
world with such shows as Wicked, Jersey Boys, Fun Home, Riverdance, Intentions: The ’90s Musical, The Lion, Small Mouth Sounds, The Hip
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The 25th Annual Putnam County Hop Nutcracker with rap icon Kurtis Blow, The Magic School Bus Live!
Spelling Bee, and Forbidden Broadway. The Climate Challenge, Ella.

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Level Forward (Producer) is an ecosystem of storytellers, Lassen Wyse Balsam (Producer). Cody Lassen, Alex Wyse &
businesspeople and social change-makers focused on expanding Craig Balsam are thrilled to be a part of bringing this incredible show
the access to and opportunity of creative excellence in pursuit of to audiences everywhere. Current and upcoming credits include How I
equity and economic transformation. We develop, produce, finance, Learned To Drive, Hadestown, Titanic, Alice By Heart, The Band’s Visit,
and distribute stories of stage and screen, advancing work that is Indecent. lassenwysebalsam.com
resonant, purposeful, and unexpected. Current Broadway productions:
Slave Play and Jagged Little Pill. Off-Broadway with New York Theatre Nederlander Presentations (Producer) is a production division
Workshop, Sanctuary City. Films include The Assistant, Holler, Rebel of the multinational theatrical entities owned by James L. Nederlander.
Hearts, and On the Record viewable online now. Join us, as we work Prominent for three generations in management and operation of
for change on project and systems levels. levelforward.co theatres and productions of distinguished entertainment, they have
 produced innumerable plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts.
Madeleine Foster Bersin (Producer) is a producer and
dramaturg. Broadway: What the Constitution… (Tony nomination), The Kate Lear (Producer). Honored to support this important show.
Inheritance. Off-Broadway: House Plant, 1969: The Second Man (Next Credits include Catch Me If You Can and Of Mice and Men.
Door @ NYTW). As line producer, projects with A$AP Rocky, A.R.T.,
BAM, NYTW, and The TEAM. fosterbersin.org SL Theatricals (Associate Producer). Benjamin Simpson and
 Joseph Longthorne. Off-Broadway: Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP
Myla Lerner (Producer). Broadway: Produced 10 plays in the last Theater). Broadway: The Band’s Visit, Waitress, Oh, Hello. Grateful to
decade, notably What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony nominee), work alongside Team Constitution! sltheatricals.com
Pippin (2013 Tony Award), Glengarry Glen Ross, Hair (national/London
tour). Board Chair, Lean Ensemble Theater. Trustee, National Council, Daniel Rakowski (Associate Producer). Previously on Broadway:
Theatre Communications Group. The Great Comet and On The Town. Thank you to my family and to
 Matt Ross for this opportunity.
Jon Bierman (Producer). Producing: What the Constitution Means
to Me (Tony nominee), The Gin Game, Love Letters, Finian’s Rainbow Clubbed Thumb (Producer) commissions, develops, and
(Tony nominee). Advertising: over 250 productions including Proof, produces funny, strange, and provocative new plays by living
Driving Miss Daisy, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Glengarry Glen Ross. American writers. Clubbed Thumb is a groundbreaker with a precise
Photography: jonbierman.com. curatorial vision and a remarkable track record for launching artists’
 careers; and an incubator, nurturing plays, collaborations, and artists
Jenna Segal (Producer). Jenna Segal/Segal NYC supports female- through thoughtfully deployed resources, opportunities, mentorship,
led artistic projects in theatre, film, and TV (or whatever you call and hospitality. In 24 seasons the company has produced the NYC or
it!). Broadway: Hadestown, What the Constitution Means to Me, Les professional premieres of Clare Barron, Sarah Ruhl, Tanya Saracho,
Liaisons Dangereuses, Gigi. Off-Broadway: What We’re Up Against, Lisa D’Amour, Will Arbery, and many others. clubbedthumb.org
Gloria, Small Mouth Sounds.
 True Love Productions (Producer). Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Catherine Markowitz (Producer). Credits include What the and Laurie Gilmore. Select projects: King Lear, To Kill a Mockingbird,
Constitution Means to Me (Broadway), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Off- Sweat, Bright Star, Skylight, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,
Broadway). So proud and thrilled to be on the producing team for Fela!, Norman Conquests, Well, Medea, True Love, Shockheaded
this incredible show! Grateful to the whole team, family, friends, and Peter, Coraline, and Sleep No More. Run by Tom Cole, The New
especially Dan. Play Commissioning Program gives established playwrights the
 opportunity to create original, new work, free of commercial
Jana Shea (Producer) is Executive Producer and co-founder of constraints. Recent artists: Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas, Sheila Callaghan,
Seaview Productions, a Tony- and Olivier Award-winning Broadway and Craig Lucas.
and Off-Broadway production company. Additionally, Jana is a Board
Member of Women Moving Millions. New York Theatre Workshop (Producer) empowers visionary
 theatre-makers and brings their work to adventurous audiences
Maley-Stolbun-Sussman (Producers). Broadway: What the through productions, artist workshops, community engagement,
Constitution Means to Me. In development: Love in Hate Nation. and educational programs. NYTW nurtures pioneering new writers
Jenn Maley and Cori Stolbun are producers on Be More Chill and alongside powerhouse playwrights, engages inimitable genre-shaping
Reunion. Maley: Indecent (Tony nomination). Rachel Sussman: The directors, and supports emerging artists in the earliest days of their
Woodsman (Obie Award). Visit jennmaley.com, coristolbun.com, and careers. NYTW has mounted over 150 productions from artists whose
rachel-sussman.com for more. work has shaped our very idea of what theatre can be, including Rent,
 Homebody/Kabul, A Number, Peter and the Starcatcher, Once, Mary
Rebecca Gold (Producer). In honor of her daughters, Rebecca Jane, Lazarus, Slave Play, and Hadestown.
is proud to be part of this timely and significant production. A
multi-award-winning producer on Broadway (Porgy and Bess)
and Off-Broadway (Sleep No More), she is a champion of not-
for-profit theatre.

Jose Antonio Vargas (Producer) is the founder of Define
American, a culture change nonprofit. A Pulitzer Prize-winning Pocket U.S. Constitutions generously donated by
journalist and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, he is the author of
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. More info on The ACLU is an organization of people who believe in the power of
joseantoniovargas.com. action. Whether in the courts, statehouses, or Congress, we fight
 to defend the rights that the Constitution guarantees to all of us —
Cornice Productions (Producer) is the Tony Award-winning regardless of who we are, where we come from, whom we love, or
partnership of Eric Cornell and Jack Sennott. They are currently what we believe. We’re evolving from an organization of lawyers and
represented on Broadway with To Kill a Mockingbird. Other recent: advocates into a larger coalition of people fighting for what’s right
Oklahoma!, Anastasia, Lifespan of a Fact, Waitress (UK), A Christmas together — for all of us. We seek to be the place where people can
Carol. Upcoming: Anne of Green Gables. come, no matter their political affiliation, to take action.

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Additional Staff
for What the Constitution Means to Me

 GENERAL MANAGEMENT Dramaturg.............................................................................................Sarah Lunnie
 MEP Vocal Coach................................................................................ Dawn-Elin Fraser
 Eva Price Carl Flanigan Debate Coaches............................... Erin Szczechowski, Aaron Marquette
 Josh Altman Eric Emauni Casey McDermott Fact Checker and Researcher......................................................Sanaz Toossi
 Avram Freedberg Mary Beth Dale Assistant to the Author/Artistic Consultant.............................Molly Paige
 Production Assistant......................................................................... Cara Kienitz
 Additional Material......................................................................Danny Wolohan
 COMPANY MANAGER
 Production Photographer...............................................................Joan Marcus
 Michael Camp
 Housing/Travel......................................................................................Road Rebel
 Tutoring................................................... On Location Education/Ellen Herry
 EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION Trucking...............................................................................................Clark Transfer
 BOND THEATRICAL
 bondtheatrical.com
 CREDITS
 TOUR BOOKING Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies,
 Temah Higgins Mollie Mann a division of Production Resource Group LLC New Windsor, NY.
 Wendy Roberts Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound.
 Megan Savage Madison St. Amour Amber Howard Additional scenic pieces fabricated by Scenic Highlights.
 MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION
 DJ Martin
 CONSTITUCIÓN DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EN ESPAÑOL
 Marc Viscardi
 Para leer la Constitución de los Estados Unidos en español, visite
 Steph Kelleher Adrienne Richards
 constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/historical-documents/
 Phillip Aleman
 the-constitution-of-the-united-states-html-en-espanol
 Melissa Cohen Jacob Rivera-Sanchez
 Simon Rosales Janiya Wade
 SPECIAL THANKS
 David Stone, Andy Jones, Jordan Roth, Nicole Kastrinos, Maria
 NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
 Goyanes, Norman Lear, Sherry Chastain Schreck & Larry Schreck,
 MATT ROSS PUBLIC RELATIONS
 Kip Fagan, Carlo Steinman, Gloria Steinem, William Araiza, Wisdom
 Matt Ross
 Kunitz, Anaya Matthews, Didi O’Connell, Morgan Gould, Sue Jean
 Nicole Capatasto Claire Wojciechowski
 Kim, Arabella Powell, Noah Silva, The Gilder Lehrman Institute,
 Sarah Sgro Liz Lombardi
 Fractured Atlas, ASCAP, BMI, ERA Coalition, ACLU, American
 Legion James E. Coffey Post 3, American Legion Post 1, American
 LEGAL COUNSEL Legion Memorial Post 71, American Legion Post 398, The American
 NEVIN LAW GROUP PLLC Legion Department of Illinois, Margaret Skoglund, Danielle Karliner
 Doug Nevin, Esq. Naish, Second Stage Theater, Helen Hayes Theater.
 Dan Haley, Esq. Ashley Hellberg, Esq.
 Janine Beach, Esq.
 WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
 Miles River Willow Brandon Taylor
 was rehearsed at Sunlight Studios,
 321 West 44th Street, NYC, NY 10036
 PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
 STEWERT PRODUCTIONS
 Bethany Weinstein Stewert

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER.............................................. Nicole Olson
Stage Manager...........................................................................................Cate Agis The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this
Associate Director......................................................................Tatiana Pandiani production are members of Actors’ Equity Association,
COVID Safety Manager............................................................. Laura Gutierrez the union of professional actors and stage managers in
Health & Safety Consultant......................................... Infectious Economics the United States.
Associate Scenic Designer.......................................... Lawrence E. Moten III
Assistant Scenic Designer............................................... Jessie Bonaventure Backstage Employees are represented by the International
Associate Costume Designer................................................. Siena Zoë Allen Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
Associate Lighting Designers................... David Shocket, Greg Solomon Guthrie costume and wardrobe employees, stage hands
Associate Sound Designer........................................................... Josh Samuels and craftspersons are represented by I.A.T.S.E. Local 13.
Touring Technical Director........................................................ Otto Martinian
Casting Assistant ................................................................................ Lizi Latimer The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and
Banking.............................................. Signature Bank/Margaret M. Monigan Choreographers Society, Inc., an independent national
Insurance........................................ Risk Strategies Company/DeWitt Stern labor union.
Payroll....................................................................................Checks and Balances
Finance Director....................................................................... KeriAnne Murphy The Company Manager employed in this production
Accountant............................... WithumSmith+Brown/Robert Fried, CPA, is represented by the Association of Theatrical Press
.............................................. Karen Kowgios, CPA, Anthony W. Moore, CPA Agents & Managers.

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PLAY FEATURE

Test Your Constitution IQ
1. What was America’s first constitution called? 6. America’s first vice president was:
 The Articles of Confederation  Alexander Hamilton
 The Declaration of Independence  Thomas Jefferson
 The Federalist Paper  Benjamin Franklin
 The Emancipation Proclamation  John Adams

2. Laws for the U.S. are made by: 7. The Bill of Rights is:
 The president  The first 10 amendments
 The Senate  The Fifteenth Amendment
 Congress  The entire Constitution
 The Supreme Court  All of the amendments

3. The longest possible time a person can now serve 8. If neither the president nor vice president can
as president is: serve, the position would be filled by the:
 Four years  Speaker of the House
 Eight years  Chief Justice
 10 years  Elected president of the Senate
 12 years  Secretary of State

4. A person accused of a crime in court has a right to: 9. The major department head who is appointed by
 Hear the witnesses against them the president to deal with foreign countries is the:
 Be tried wherever they want  Secretary of Defense
 Have any judge they want  Secretary of State
 Change courts  Attorney General
  Secretary of Commerce
5. Invoking the Fifth Amendment means an
accused person: 10. The president is elected if they:
 Refuses to testify against themselves  Win a majority of the electoral votes
 Refuses to be tried again  Win most of the country’s votes
 Demands a grand jury  Win all of the states’ votes
 Wants to appeal their case  Win most of the states’ votes

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Test Your Constitution IQ:
Answer Key and Explanations
 Take the test on the previous page

1. The Articles of Confederation 6. John Adams
The Articles of Confederation was in effect from 1781– The elections of 1789, 1792, 1796 and 1800 were based
1789. It was based on the concept of a weak central on the constitutional provision that the individual with
government because of the experience had under the the most electoral votes became president and the
strong influence of Great Britain. This constitution was one with the second highest became vice president.
America’s first written plan of government and was John Adams received the second highest vote count
based on an opposition to a strong central government, a in the election of 1789 and became President George
strong executive, taxation and the power to control trade. Washington’s vice president. The process was changed
 in 1804 with the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment.
2. Congress
As stated in Article 1, Section 1: “All legislative Powers 7. The first 10 Amendments
herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the There was a concern when the Constitution was
United States, which shall consist of a Senate and written in 1787 that the federal government would be
House of Representatives.” Thus, the function of too powerful. The Bill of Rights was added in 1791 to
Congress is to legislate or make the laws. put a check on the power of the national government
 and protect the individual rights of all Americans.
3. 10 years
Based on the Twenty-Second Amendment of the 8. Speaker of the House
Constitution, no person can be elected to the office The importance of succession to the presidency was
of president more than twice or serve more than initially addressed in Article 2, Section 1, Clause 6 and
two years of a term to which some other person was further clarified by the Presidential Succession Act
elected president. Therefore, the total length of time of 1947. The present order of succession is President,
that any person could serve as president is 10 years. Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro
 Tempore of the Senate and then the various Cabinet
4. Hear the witnesses against them positions based on their order of creation (with
This is guaranteed to every person in the U.S. based the exception of the Department of Defense that
on the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution: “In all combined the Departments of War and Navy in 1947).
criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right The Secretary of Defense is now fifth in the overall
to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the order of succession.
State and district wherein the crime shall have been
committed, which district shall have been previously 9. Secretary of State
ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature The Secretary of State was the first Cabinet
and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the position created by President George Washington
witnesses against him …” in 1789. The country’s first Secretary of State was
 Thomas Jefferson.
5. Refuses to testify against themselves
This constitutional right is found in the Fifth 10. Win a majority of the electoral votes
Amendment of the Constitution: “No person shall … be Based on the electoral process as described in
compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against Article 2, Section 1, Clause 3: “The Person having the
himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if
without due process of law; nor shall private property such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of
be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Electors appointed …”

EDITOR’S NOTE: To preserve historical accuracy, we did not change any pronouns used in direct quotes of the Constitution.
Reprinted with permission from www.constitutionfacts.com. Edited for style.

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PLAY FEATURE

27 Questions
With Cassie Beck
Why 27, you ask? Because it’s the exact number of
ratified amendments to the U.S. Constitution. So it felt
fitting to ask actor Cassie Beck for some quick answers
to our most burning questions.

1. When did you know you wanted 6. What has been the most
to become an actor? challenging part of preparing for
Kindergarten. I was Goldilocks in this role?
our school skit. Did I mention LINES???

2. What was your first acting role? 7. What have you enjoyed most
Goldilocks! I got my Actors’ about working with Heidi?
Equity Association card in a Her hugely authentic, open spirit
big, splashy musical called The and standard of excellence.
Haunting of Winchester. Fun
fact: I was the choreographer but 8. How do you hope to make the 12. What does theater allow you to
ended up taking over a role in role your own? do that film or TV doesn’t?
tech rehearsals. Good question — I’m working on Oh gosh, theater allows you to
 that. Probably with the humor, keep experimenting! If I botch
 which will be unique to each something one night, I can change
 person who plays the role of Heidi. my approach the next.

 9. How does this show keep you 13. What are the perks of touring?
 on your toes? I’ve never toured, but could it
 The live debate section is a tip-top- be the spectacular food of each
 of-your-toes kind of challenge! city?!? I’m all about getting to
 know a place through the food.
 10. What is your pre-show routine?
 It changes by production. I almost
3. What’s your dream role? always sneak down to “places” a little
It’s hopefully being written early to hear the audience chatting in
right now! their seats. I find it grounding to hear
 the hum of the crowd.
4. Who’s your dream co-star? 14. What’s on your Twin Cities
 PHOTO: CASSIE BECK (JOAN MARCUS)

Joe Mantello. 11. What new hobbies did you pick bucket list?
 up during the pandemic? See above. Seeking
5. How have you prepared for Have you seen “Dr. Pimple recommendations for my first
this role? Popper”? Also, reading about Jucy Lucy, please! I also love to
LINNNNNNNEEESSSS! And lots of interesting subjects and getting hike, so look for me in Minnehaha
Constitutional YouTube deep dives. much more politically activated. Regional Park.

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15. What experience do you have 21. What was 15-year-old Cassie like? ownership of this document and
as a debater? Boy-crazy how to keep working on your
None. Help. Me. People. like Heidi, but connection with it, just like you
 also, so much would with any relationship you
16. What is your favorite topic to dancing! I lived care about deeply.
debate personally? for dance class.
Is rock and roll dead? 25. What is your favorite line
 22. What advice in the play?
17. How would you describe would current “Think about this for a second: The
yourself in three words? Cassie give to her younger self? Constitution doesn’t tell you all the
Curious, impatient, striving. You don’t have to be anything for rights that you have … because it
 anybody. So listen, then decide doesn’t know.”
18. Which women in your family for yourself.
history inspire you? 26. Why should people see
My mother and my many nieces. 23. How has working on this this play?
 play changed your ideas about Because everyone has a job in
19. Which women in American democracy? ensuring true equality, and this play
history inspire you? I have more respect for the “grand (with humor and heart and smarts)
Gwen Ifill, female Olympians experiment” and a lot more acknowledges and encourages the
(especially Queen Serena Williams) clarity on where I’d like to see hard questions and work.
and Marmee from Little Women. improvements.
 27. What does the Constitution
20. Who is your favorite political 24. What has working on this play mean to Cassie Beck?
figure, past or present? taught you? Solid start — now progress,
Michelle Obama, alllll day. SO much about individual progress, progress!

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