By Heidi Schreck
Directed by Morgan Gould
Featuring Kimberly Gilbert and Michael Glenn
January 15 - February 16, 2025

Featuring new, never-before seen material for 2025!

As a teenager, Heidi Schreck traveled across America, earning her college tuition by winning constitutional debate competitions. Now, as an Obie Award-winning playwright, she takes a closer look at the Constitution and its effects on four generations of women in her family. What the Constitution Means to Me is a profoundly personal look at our nation’s most debated document and how it could evolve to fit our modern times. One of the most popular and beloved plays in America—featuring brand new material updated for 2025, seen only at Round House—this “electrifyingly topical and eye-opening” (The New York Times) Pulitzer Prize finalist has never been more relevant, urgent, or needed.

Thank you to our sponsors:
The 2024-2025 Season is sponsored by Linda J. Ravdin and Don Shapero.
What the Constitution Means to Me is sponsored by Susan & Tim Gibson, John & Rachel King, and Laura Roulet & Rafael Hernandez Mayoral.

What the Constitution Means to Me runs approximately 90 minutes.

Masks are required at the following performances: Feb 4, Feb 8 (matinee). Learn more.

Content Advisory: This production contains references to and discussions of domestic violence, sexual assault, and abortion. If you would like more detailed information, or have any additional questions, please contact the box office at: boxoffice@roundhousetheatre.org.

EVENTS & DISCUSSIONS: View pre-show and post-show discussions here.

Audio-Described Performance: Jan 25 (matinee)
Open-Captioned Performance: Jan 26, Feb 1 (matinee)

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Cast

Kimberly Gilbert

Heidi

Kimberly Gilbert (Heidi) last appeared at Round House Theatre in Jennifer Who Is Leaving and Oslo. Other RHT credits include The Book of Will, Angels in America, Uncle Vanya, The Lyons, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Recent credits include Marjorie Prime at Prologue, POTUS at The Arden in Philly, and A Christmas Carol at Ford’s. Kimberly has been in the DC Theatreverse since the year 2000, where she has been fortunate enough to play on the stage of Round House, as well as Ford’s Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theater J, Forum, Mosaic, Source, Metro Stage, Spooky Action, Prologue, and, most often, Woolly Mammoth and Taffety Punk Theatres, both of which she is a proud Company Member. Kimberly is a graduate of The Academy at STC.

Michael Glenn

Mike

Michael Glenn (Mike) is excited to be returning to Round House Theatre for What the Constitution Means to Me. Previous Round House productions include The Seafarer, Ink, Gem of the Ocean, Small Mouth Sounds, Stage Kiss, and THIS. A Maryland-based actor, Michael has performed with nearly every theatre in the area. Some favorite previous credits include Red Velvet and The School for Lies at the Shakespeare Theatre; Junk and Good People at Arena Stage; The Lieutenant of Inishmore at Signature Theatre; Jumpers for Goalposts at Studio Theatre; Tiger Style! and Marjorie Prime at Olney Theatre Center; and Sense & Sensibility and Arcadia at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre. Michael has also worked extensively on full-cast audio books for Graphic Audio productions, appearing in literally hundreds of their titles over the past few years.

Kat Pascual

Debater

Kat Pascual (Debater) is a senior at Fairfax High School and is thrilled to make her professional debut at Round House Theatre with What the Constitution Means to Me. Some of her favorite credits with her high school theatre department, the FX Players, include Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act, Tilly in She Kills Monsters, Friar Laurence in Romeo & Juliet, and Marfa/Featured Dancer in Anastasia. She was a 2024 Semi-Finalist at the ESU National Shakespeare Competition and is a theatre critic via the NCA Cappies Program, president of her school’s drama club, and co-captain of her school improv team. She will be attending William & Mary in the fall to study history and theatre. Instagram: @kat.pxscual

Amy Benson

Heidi Understudy

Amy Benson (Heidi Understudy) is thrilled to have her first acting credit at Round House Theatre! Amy is Round House's Artistic and Executive Associate and was the Assistant to Director Alan Paul on Round House's production of Next to Normal in the winter of 2024. She was the Founding Artistic Director of Walking Shadow Readers Theatre, a new play development company. She has directed for Best Medicine Rep, Too Much Damn Theater, and the Philadelphia Dramatists Center. Amy also has extensive teaching experience as a teaching artist at Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre, and Epworth Preschool. She has taught in Beijing, China, and Berlin, Germany, where she founded her own acting studio, Amy Benson Studios. Amy has a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Instagram: @amybensonacts

Mason Catharini

Mike Understudy

Mason Catharini (Mike Understudy) DC credits include Julius Caesar at Avant Bard, Forest Treas & Imogen at Pointless Theatre Company, Assassins at Pallas Theatre Collective. Regional credits include Company at Stillpointe Theatre, The Last Five Years at Colonial Players of Annapolis, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp at Adventure Theatre. Directing credits include The Full Monty at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre.

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

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