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What the Constitution Means to Me | Depot Theatre | Westport

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“What the Constitution Means to Me” Live in Westport

Pulitzer-prize nominated play on stage at Westport’s Depot Theatre

The Depot Theatre in Westport, NY, presents this upbeat and quick-witted play focusing on a middle-aged woman, Heidi, as she recounts her memories as a speech and debate champion, traveling the country as a precocious and inimitable fifteen-year-old.

Interior of the intimate setting of the Depot Theatre in Westport, NY.

Theatre Interior. Photo courtesy The Depot Theatre.

Veteran actress Kayla Ryan Walsh plays Heidi as she relives those debate competitions in a community American Legionnaire’s hall. As Heidi, Walsh takes the audience on a fascinating and gut-wrenching journey, exploring our nation’s birthright literature, the Constitution, and its impact on her, her family, and American women.

Each performance ends with a unique, live debate against a student on the subject of the U.S. Constitution.

Tickets may be purchased online now.

Originally premiering in New York City in 2017, “What the Constitution Means to Me” made it to Broadway in 2019, where it received outstanding recognition, including:

  • Winning an Obie (the American Theatre Wing’s awards for Off-Broadway productions) and a NY Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best New American Play

  • A Tony nomination for best new play

  • Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Play

  • Finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The play runs at the Depot Theatre in Westport until July 16. Check their website for the latest details, schedule and information on purchasing tickets.

Exterior of the historic Depot Theatre in Westport, NY, housed in an old train depot.

Photo courtesy Westport Theatre

The content and issues “What the Constitution Means to Me” examines are very timely. They are also PG-13 (the narrative discusses adult topics like domestic abuse and sexual assault), so best to leave the Lil’ ADKers at home.
Mountain Lake PBS  is the production sponsor.

“What the Constitution Means to Me” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

 
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