Dezart Performs

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

The 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony-Nominated dramatic comedy by Heidi Schreck

Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

Directed by Craig Wells

2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist
2019 Tony Award nominee, Best Play
2019 Obie Award, Best New American Play
2019 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Best American Play
2019 Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Best New Play
2019 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Play

Running time: 120 minutes

There will be no intermission.

Please contact the box office for tickets. 

 

Dezart Performs' production is an entertaining, thoughtful, humorous, insightful, and sometimes disturbing examination of the United States Constitution!

-Stage and Cinema

It’s a terrific play, and a terrific production. I recommend this show to everyone with a heartbeat. You’ll not only get smarter, but you’ll come to understand why we are a nation in strife.

-BroadwayWorld.com

These debates in Dezart Performs' production WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME over the Constitution are presented beautifully in this funny, thought-provoking production.

-CV Independent

Dezart Performs has given us another excellent production with Heidi Schreck’s WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME!

-Gay Desert Guide

Dates

Jan 19 2024 - Jan 28 2024

Show Times

Fridays and Saturdays: 7:30 PM
Saturdays and Sundays: 2:00 PM
Sundays: 7:00 PM NEW! Added performance

Location

Pearl McManus Theater
at the Palm Springs Woman’s Club
314 S Cahuilla Road
Downtown Palm Springs, CA 92262

The Cast

Robyn Cohen (Heidi)

Robyn Cohen is delighted to make her Dezart debut! She was last seen in Palm Springs in ROMANCE, ROMANCE at CVRep directed by Ron Celona (DTL winner – Best Supporting Actress). Around the country, she’s performed in THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE, THE EXONERATED (both opposite Jeff Goldblum), the west coast premiere of Neil Labute’s THE SHAPE OF THINGS, NO WAY AROUND BUT THROUGH (starring Melanie Griffith), off-Broadway in THE FRENCH WAITRESS, PROOF (directed by Luke Yankee), RIGOLETTO, THE GRAND TOUR (with direction by Jerry Herman) and the west coast premiere of THE FATHER (Best Supporting Actress nomination.) Additional performances include: The Actors Theatre of Louisville, Lincoln Center, The Geffen Playhouse, The Ford’s Theater (D.C.), Goodspeed Opera House, Long Beach Playhouse, Idaho Shakespeare, Laguna Playhouse, North Coast Rep., Paper Mill Playhouse, and the National Tour of CABARET to name a few. TV credits include: Series regular on GRAVITY, THAT GUY, LAW AND ORDER TRUE CRIME, CRISTELA, N.C.I.S., INVASION, THE CLOSER, ANGEL, THE STRAND, N.C.I.S. L.A., STARVED and LAX. Film credits include: Wes Anderson’s THE LIFE AQUATIC (opposite Bill Murray), THE CELESTINE PROPHECY and BEAU JEST (with Lainie Kazan), ROAD HARD (opposite Adam Carolla) and the sci-fi thrillers ZZYZX, BEDEVILED and ASCENSION. Robyn is an award-winning theatre director, acting teacher and founder of The Cohen Acting Studio. She’s helmed such productions as THE ELEPHANT MAN, FOOL FOR LOVE, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE and DROWNING at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. She’s appeared in over 55 national commercials and is a contributing writer to John Jory’s handbook, TIPS ON AUDITIONING: IDEAS FOR ACTORS. Training: The Juilliard School – BFA. The Shakespeare Theatre Company @ George Washington University – MFA. Special Thanks to The Dezart Dream Team, the Craigs, Tia, Family, Friends, Billy and YOU! Robyn dedicates this performance to the next generation of leaders, activists and humanitarians – (ie: her nieces and nephews!) Thank you for making the world a better place. IG: @RobynCohenActingStudio

Tia Laulusa (Debater)

An Oregon native, Tia Laulusa (she/her) received her MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University, and she has been in LA since 2020. Credits include CYMBELINE, OEDIPUS (American Players Theatre), PRACTICE HOUSE, HARD TIMES (Parson’s Nose Theater), FRANKENSTEIN, INHERIT THE WIND (Dallas Theater Center), REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN (Second Thought Theatre), MACBETH (Shakespeare Dallas), OUR TOWN (Circle Theatre) and THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Altered Shakespeare). Film credits include the short film NOVA, for which she won Best Leading Actress in a Film at the Hanford International Film Festival. Eternal love and gratitude for Tim, Nafanua, Freyja, and Max! Tia is beyond delighted to be making her debut with Dezart Performs!

Craig Wroe (Legionnaire/Mike)

Craig Wroe’s credits include on the West End: MISS EVERS’ BOYS. Off-Broadway: A LITTLE JOURNEY (Mint), THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY (Irish Rep), CATCH-22 (Lucille Lortel), AN OAK TREE (Barrow St. Theatre); OTHELLO AND KING JOHN (TFANA); “2”- GOERING AT NUREMBERG (Primary Stages); THE ALEXANDER PLAYS (Signature); THE TEMPEST (Roundabout); RICHARD II (Pearl). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Hartford TheaterWorks, Baltimore CenterStage, Old Globe, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Indiana Rep., Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Playmakers Rep., Pioneer Theatre Co., Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Rep. Theatre of Saint Louis, among others. Film credits: A CURE FOR WELLNESS, ANYTHING BUT LOVE, 1000 YEAR REICH. Television: WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS, CITY ON A HILL, F.B.I., THE LOOMING TOWER, THE GOOD FIGHT, GYPSY, BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION, MR. ROBOT, POWER, AMERICAN ODYSSEY, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, RESCUE ME, BURN NOTICE, THIRD WATCH, ROYAL PAINS, THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD, ED, NOW AND AGAIN, LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER: S.V.U., LAW & ORDER: C.I.

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