Filmed version of What the Constitution Means to Me coming to Amazon Prime Video

A filmed version of Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me is to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

The piece will premiere worldwide on October 16, 2020.

Written and starring Heidi Schreck, the filmed version was recorded at the Hayes Theater in New York in the final week of its Broadway run in 2019. Marielle Heller directs

A synopsis of the play reads:

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

Schreck said: “I’m delighted with how beautifully Mari Heller has translated Constitution to the screen and I’m thankful to Big Beach and Amazon Studios for making it possible to share the show with more people – especially right now when we can’t gather together in theaters.

In light of the moment we are living through, I am donating part of my proceeds from this film to the Broadway Cares COVID Relief Fund and to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Voting Rights 2020 initiative.”

“Heidi Schreck is one of today’s most relevant and original voices, and What the Constitution Means to Me delivers a point of view that is equal parts hilarious, heartbreaking and hopeful,” added Albert Cheng, COO and Co-Head of Television, Amazon Studios. “We are proud to bring the award-winning Broadway show to the screen for Prime Video and we know that Schreck’s next projects will embody the same intelligence and humanity.”