PLAY BY Heidi Schreck
VANGUARD THEATER
March 26 – April 12
ABOUT WHat the constitution means to me
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. 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.
Doreen Oliver
Heidi
Doreen Oliver is an actor and writer whose work illuminates the beauty, heartbreak, and unpredictability of life, often through the lens of parenting. Her critically-acclaimed, award-winning one-woman show about raising a child with autism, EVERYTHING IS FINE UNTIL IT’S NOT.
Her essays about race, autism, and parenting have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Audible, The Root, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of the conservatory program at Atlantic Theater Company, Yale University, Stanford Graduate School of Business (where she was a Charles Bonini Fellow), and a Head Start pre-school in Newark, New Jersey.
Mychal Leverage
Legionnaire
Mychal Leverage is a writer, performer, and citizen of the United States. Training: AMDA New York. Tours: Little Women the Musical (Professor Bhaer). Off-Broadway: Sleepy Hollow the Musical (Ichabod Crane). Regional: A Streetcar Named Desire (Mitch), Legally Blonde (Callahan), Daddy Long Legs (Jervis), Shrek (Shrek), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Monty). He lives in Clifton with his lovely wife, Heidi, and their dog, Atticus Finch. Instagram: @MychalLeverage
The debaters
jada jane clark
Laci sova
ella williams
pippa knowles
Dana Iannuzzi is a New York based Actor/Director. Dana is so happy to be back at Vangaurd this season after Directing "FADE" last year. Dana served as the American Associate Director for "SiX" the Musical on Norwegian Cruise Lines. Other directing credits include: Young Frankenstein (Forestburgh Playhouse), Blue Stockings (Muhlenberg College), Say Goodnight (WaterTower Theatre), Escape to Margaritaville (Forestburgh Playhouse), Murder for Two (Greenbrier Valley Theatre), Steel Magnolias (Timerlake Playhouse), A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline - Starring Felicia Finley (Timerlake Playhouse), and The Vagina Monologues (Players Theatre) @thedanaiannuzzi / danaiannuzzi.com
Dana A. Iannuzzi
director
VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY
Founded in 2015, Vanguard Theater is a not-for-profit company changing social and cultural narratives through theater dedicated to DREAM: Diversity, Reciprocity, Education, Activism & Mentorship. For more information, visit www.VanguardTheaterCompany.org or find us across social media @VTCNJ and #dreamVTC
OUR VISION: To be recognized as a model in the theater community for purposeful inclusion of diverse voices and stories; partnerships that propel cross community conversations; and casting and leadership that reflects our communities.