‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ national tour reveals who will play Heidi Schreck

When Heidi Schreck’s hit Broadway play “What the Constitution Means to Me” launches its national tour in Los Angeles next year, it will star Maria Dizzia. Schreck and Dizzia have been friends for years; in fact, when Schreck was first rehearsing “Constitution” at New York Theatre Workshop, she called on Dizzia to help fine-tune her performance — tips that later led to Schreck’s Tony nomination in the lead actress category. If it’s true that other people doing the role is both moving for that person and other people seeing it, and that it doesn’t hinge solely on Schreck telling her story herself, that’s just great added value for the play.” Dizzia — a Tony nominee for her featured performance in the 2009 play “In the Next Room ” and an actress whose credits include “Orange Is the New Black,” “13 Reasons Why” and “Emergence” — is working with Schreck to create that unique monologue, one that allows the actress to share a truth with the audience and transition back into the role of Heidi. “We have a couple workshops where we’re gonna explore that, where I just spend time listening to what she wants to share with me, and finding what is the story that’s gonna feel most powerful in this piece, what will allow Maria to become Maria.” Dizzia will be joined for the Los Angeles and Chicago engagements by original Broadway cast members Mike Iveson and Rosdely Ciprian.