"Reconstitution" by Mitch Emoff

When leaders of different high school student groups are assigned by their history teacher to re-enact our framer’s debate at the Constitutional Convention, several key founding fathers travel through time and inhabit students’ bodies to finish the job they started. The framers quickly realize the issues addressed inside Independence Hall in 1787 are equally as controversial today.

Reconstitution debates four key constitutional topics in an open forum classroom setting: Freedom of Speech, Right to Bear Arms, Freedom of Religion and the Three-Fifths Voting clause based on how slaves would be counted. The questions about the current applicability of these provisions of the Constitution are posed without bias to give the audience debate-for-thought to come to their own conclusions. Comic relief keeps the tone of the play from being divisive or polarizing which makes it ideal for people of all ages and demographics.

This production at BMCA will be its world premiere!

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Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students (ages 11-17). Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime. Seating is general admission, first come first served. Online ticket sales end 1 hour prior to showtime. There may still be tickets available for purchase in the office after online sales have ended. Please call BMCA at 828-669-0930 for more information.

Host or Publisher Black Mountain Center for the Arts