Heidi Schreck
Heidi Schreck | |
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Born | 1971/1972 (age 49–50) |
Occupation | Playwright, actor, screenwriter |
Education | University of Oregon |
Notable works | What the Constitution Means to Me |
Notable awards | Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress (2008) |
Spouse | Kip Fagan |
Heidi Schreck (born 1971/1972)[1] is an American writer and actress from Wenatchee, Washington.[2] Her play What the Constitution Means to Me, which she also performs in, was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony for Best Play and acting.[3]
Biography[]
Schreck attended the University of Oregon and upon graduation worked in Siberia, teaching English. She then was a journalist in St. Petersburg, Russia. She next moved to Seattle, Washington where she started working as an actress and writer.[4]
She is the writer and star of What the Constitution Means to Me, which opened on Broadway on March 31, 2019.[5] This play is partially autobiographical, relating her real-life experience in participating in debates as a teen.[4] The play was picked up as a movie directed by Marielle Heller for streaming by Amazon and released in time for the 2020 Presidential elections.[6]
Schreck's other writing credits include the play Grand Concourse (2014), and episodes of the TV series I Love Dick, Nurse Jackie, and Billions.[7]
Schreck has performed Off-Broadway in, among others, Drum of the Waves of Horikawa (HERE Arts Center, 2007)[8][9] and Circle Mirror Transformation (2009) and How the World Began (Women's Project, 2011)[10] at Playwrights Horizons.[11]
Schreck is married to director Kip Fagan. As of 2019, they live in Park Slope, Brooklyn.[1]
Honors and awards[]
She won the Obie Award, Performance, for Drum of the Waves of Horikawa for 2008.[12] She won the Obie Award, Performance, for Circle Mirror Transformation for 2010.[13] Schreck and the cast of Circle Mirror Transformation received a 2010 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Ensemble Performance.[14]
Her play Grand Concourse, performed in 2014–2015 at Playwrights Horizons[15] and Steppenwolf Theatres, received the Lilly Awards, Stacey Mindich "Go Write A Play" Award for best new play in 2015[16] and was a finalist for the 2014–2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.[7] Schreck was a Playwrights Horizons Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence in 2014. Grand Concourse received an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays award.[17]
She received a commission from the Atlantic Theatre Company in conjunction with the Kenyon Institute at Kenyon College in June 2016. She appeared at the Kenyon Playwrights Conference and taught a master class.[18]
Schreck was a finalist for the 2018–2019 Susan Smith Blackburn prize for her play What the Constitution Means to Me.[7]
Schreck is the co-winner, with Amy Herzog, of the 2019 Horton Foote Playwriting Award, which includes a $12,500 monetary award.[19]
What the Constitution Means to Me was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.[20] The play was nominated for the 2019 Tony Award for Best Play and Schreck was nominated for the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.[21]
She is the recipient of the 2018 Hull-Warriner Award, presented by the Dramatists Guild of America Council for What the Constitution Means to Me. The award is presented to an American author honoring a work "dealing with social, political or religious mores of the time".[22]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Soloski, Alexis (February 21, 2019). "Thirty Years Later, Heidi Schreck Has Some Amendments". The New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ Horwitz, Andy (October 19, 2009). "Five Questions for Heidi Schreck". Culturebot. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ Murphy, Hannah (October 18, 2020). "RS Recommends: Heidi Schreck's 'What the Constitution Means to Me'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Larson, Sarah (June 26, 2017). "In Heidi Schreck's New Play, Teen Girls Talk About the Constitution". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Paulson, Michael (January 14, 2019). "'What the Constitution Means to Me' to Open on Broadway in March". The New York Times. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ "Heidi Schreck On Her Evolving Play, 'What The Constitution Means To Me'". NPR.org. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize: Finalist 2018–19 Heidi Schreck". blackburnprize.org. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ Drum Of The Waves Of Horikawa here.org. Retrieved April 1, 2019
- ^ Cote, David. Drum of the Waves of Horikawa Time Out, November 1, 2007
- ^ Simmons, Paulanne. "Review. How the World Began " curtainup.com, January 4, 2011
- ^ "Schreck Off-Broadway" lortel.org. Retrieved April 1, 2019
- ^ "Obie 2008" obieawards.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019
- ^ "Obie 2010" obieawards.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced; 'Ragtime' and 'Scottsboro' Top List" Playbill, May 3, 2010
- ^ Grand Concourse lortel.org. Retrieved April 1, 2019
- ^ "Lilly Awards 2015" the-lillys.org. Retrieved April 2, 2019
- ^ Grand Concourse playwrightshorizons.org. Retrieved April 4, 2019
- ^ "Atlantic Theater Commisions New Works by Simon Stephens, Jennifer Haley & More" broadwayworld.com, May 23, 2016
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Heidi Schreck and Amy Herzog Named Winners of 2019 Horton Foote Playwriting Award" Playbill, March 19, 2019
- ^ "Drama. Heidi Schreck" pulitzer.org, retrieved April 15, 2019
- ^ McPhee, Ryan. "2019 Tony Award Nominations: Hadestown and Ain't Too Proud Lead the Pack" Playbill, April 30, 2019
- ^ "Heidi Schreck Wins 2018 Hull-Warriner Award" americantheatre.org, May 9, 2019
External links[]
- 1970s births
- Writers from Washington (state)
- Actresses from Washington (state)
- Living people
- People from Wenatchee, Washington
- Obie Award recipients
- University of Oregon alumni
- American stage actresses
- American women dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
- American television writers
- American expatriates in Russia
- Theatre World Award winners
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American actresses