HEIDI SCHRECK is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. Her critically-acclaimed, award-winning play What the Constitution Means to Me played an extended, sold-out run on Broadway in 2019, and was nominated for two Tony Awards. It had subsequent sold-out runs at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C as well as at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and will continue its national tour when safe to do so. A filmed version of What the Constitution Means to Me, starring Schreck, premiered this past October exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, a PGA Award, and a DGA Award. What the Constitution Means to Me was named Best of the Year by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, The New Yorker and more; NPR named it one of the “50 Great Pop Culture Moments” of 2019.  Schreck’s other plays Grand Concourse, Creature, and There Are No More Big Secrets have been produced all over the country and she has worked as a stage actor in NYC for almost 20 years. Her screenwriting credits include I Love Dick, Billions, Nurse Jackie and shows in development with Amazon Studios, Big Beach, Imagine Television and A24. As both an actor and writer she is the recipient of three Obie Awards, a Drama Desk Award, and a Theatre World Award; as well as the Horton Foote Playwriting Award and the Hull-Warriner Award from the Dramatists Guild. She was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2019 and was featured on Variety’s 2019 Broadway Impact List. Schreck was awarded Smithsonian Magazine’s 2019 American Ingenuity Award, for her work in the Performing Arts.  

MARC MASTERSON returned to City Theatre in 2018 after serving in the same capacity at Actors Theatre of Louisville and at South Coast Repertory Theater in Costa Mesa, CA before retiring in 2024. He previously served as City Theatre’s artistic director from 1981 to 2000. In over three decades as an artistic leader, he has produced the world premieres of some of the most produced plays in the American Theatre, along with innovative productions of the classics. He has championed pioneering work in community engagement, arts education, and diverse voices for the American stage.

KEN BOLDEN (Mike)  Last worked at City many seasons ago in Sacco & Vanzetti: A Vaudeville (Sacco) and in Our Country’s Good (Ralph Clark).  He's very happy to be back!   During the time away, he has worked in nearly all of the professional companies in the city, most recently at the Public Theatre in A Raisin in the Sun (Karl Lindner) and at PICT in Endgame (Nagg).  He can be seen in Paramount's “The Mayor of Kingstown” (Orthodox Priest); NetFlix's "The Chair” (Prof. Plum); and "Archive 81” (Camera Store Owner) as well as the feature films “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Marshall,” “Little Evil,” and “Sorority Row.”

TAMI DIXON is so excited to be back at City Theatre and part of this incredible company for POTUS. Ms. Dixon most recently appeared in her critically acclaimed one woman show, South Side Stories Revisited at City Theatre. Favorite roles also include, Heidi in What the Constitution Means to Me at City Theatre, Miss Julie in Miss Julie, Clarissa and John with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire with barebones productions. In New York she appeared on Broadway in The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant at The Henry Miller Theatre, and off-Broadway in When We Dead Awaken and The Master Builder at The Century Center, and unbecoming at 45^th Street Theater. Regionally she originated the role of Pace Creagan in Naomi Wallace’s The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek at The Humana Festival, and starred in Huckleberry Finn at George Street Playhouse. As the Co-Artistic Director of Bricolage Production Company since 2005, Ms. Dixon has devised and co-directed the nationally acclaimed immersive experiences The Forest of Everywhere, OjO: The Next Generation of Travel, and STRATA. She’s been the lead writer for 12 seasons for Bricolage’s Midnight Radio program, and starred in their productions of Dutchman, Key to the Field, and Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom. Ms. Dixon received her BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University. Ms. Dixon is the recipient of a TCG/Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship, the Carol R. Brown Emerging Artist Award from The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation, the Tribute to Women Leadership Award for Creative Arts from the YWCA, City Theatre’s Frankel Award, and was named Performer of the Year by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

SWATI MYLARAPPA (Debater) is a sophomore at Fox Chapel Area High School. Swati is thrilled to be making her acting debut at City Theatre (doing something she enjoys-debating!). She loves to read, ice skate, and ski. She is involved in Debate and Model UN. She would like to thank her parents, her younger brother Abhinav, and everyone involved in the production.

Debater Performance Schedule*

*subject to change

Performance Date
Performance Time
Debater


Sat, Jan 21, 2023 
 5:30 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Sun, Jan 22, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Tue, Jan 24, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Wed, Jan 25, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Thu, Jan 26, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Fri, Jan 27, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir 


Sat, Jan 28, 2023 
 5:30 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Sun, Jan 29, 2023 
 2:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir 


Tue, Jan 31, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Wed, Feb 1, 2023 
 1:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Wed, Feb 1, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Thu, Feb 2, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Fri, Feb 3, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Sat, Feb 4, 2023 
 1:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Sat, Feb 4, 2023 
 5:30 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Sun, Feb 5, 2023 
 2:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Tue, Feb 7, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Wed, Feb 8, 2023 
 1:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Thu, Feb 9, 2023 
 8:00PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Fri, Feb 10, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Sat, Feb 11, 2023 
 1:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Sat, Feb 11, 2023 
 5:30 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Sun, Feb 12, 2023 
 2:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 

LAMEES SUBEIR (Debater) Lamees Subeir is a senior at North Allegheny Senior High School. An avid debater, she joined her school's debate team and is currently the President. She is also involved in Key Club, Model United Nations, and many other service/international relations organizations. Additionally, she is involved in many student activism clubs such as NAForChange and Black Student Union. Lamees is thrilled to be performing on stage and would like to thank the cast, crew, directors, and everyone else involved with the production of What the Constitution Means to Me. She would also like to thank her parents, her family, and lastly her favorite mentor Mrs. Sharon Volpe.

Debater Performance Schedule*

*subject to change

Performance Date
Performance Time
Debater


Sat, Jan 21, 2023 
 5:30 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Sun, Jan 22, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Tue, Jan 24, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Wed, Jan 25, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Thu, Jan 26, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Fri, Jan 27, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir 


Sat, Jan 28, 2023 
 5:30 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Sun, Jan 29, 2023 
 2:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir 


Tue, Jan 31, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Wed, Feb 1, 2023 
 1:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Wed, Feb 1, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Thu, Feb 2, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Fri, Feb 3, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Sat, Feb 4, 2023 
 1:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Sat, Feb 4, 2023 
 5:30 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 


Sun, Feb 5, 2023 
 2:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Tue, Feb 7, 2023 
 7:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Wed, Feb 8, 2023 
 1:00 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Thu, Feb 9, 2023 
 8:00PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Fri, Feb 10, 2023 
 8:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Sat, Feb 11, 2023 
 1:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa


Sat, Feb 11, 2023 
 5:30 PM 
 Lamees Subeir


Sun, Feb 12, 2023 
 2:00 PM 
 Swati Mylarappa 

TAYLOR MESZAROS

Production Stage Manager

She/Her

TMeszaros@citytheatrecompany.org 

Taylor K. Meszaros (she/her) is in her 15th season at CTC. She spends her time as an AEA Stage Manager and as a Standardized Patient for local university medical programs. Select regional credits include King James (Cleveland Play House), Somewhere Over the Border (People’s Light), Fat Ham (TheatreSquared), White Christmas, The Skin of Our Teeth, Hair! (Berkshire Theatre Group), 12th Night, Frida… A Self Portrait, Young Americans, Two Trains Running, and Schoolgirls…(Pittsburgh Public Theatre), Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women,  Another Kind of Silence, POTUS, Native Gardens, The Garbologists, What the Constitution…, Cambodian Rock Band, The Burdens, Where Did We Sit…Bus?, The Absolute Brightness…, Wild With Happy, Feeding the Dragon, Smart Blonde, and Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir (City Theatre Company). She is eternally grateful for the Pittsburgh arts community and its patrons.