Written by John Strand, the play was originally produced for stage performance in Washington, DC in 2015 under director Molly Smith; actor Edward Gero portrayed Scalia.

[1] A polarizing figure in American politics, he advocated interpreting the constitution of the United States through originalism and statutory law through textualism and was himself often considered conservative.

[6] Antonin Scalia is entering a new term of the Supreme Court and reviewing applications for law clerks to serve in his office during the coming year.

After some further verbal sparring, Scalia agrees to take her on as his law clerk and as someone capable of making reasoned arguments on positions which do not necessarily align completely with his own.

Their mutual animosity and differences of opinion begin to shift considerably when Scalia appears to suffer from heart palpitations, and she quickly comes to his side to assist him as best she can.

The play ends with the two of them reconciling to the fact that both their differences and their similarities appear to signify more than the direct review of the cases coming before the Court in the particular year when she is one of his law clerks.

[8] From July 19 to August 19, 2018, the play was performed at the 59E59 Theaters in New York City, with Gero continuing in the lead role and Tracy Ifeachor as the fictional law clerk.

[1] The New York Times gave the play's 2015 run a positive review and stated that "Gero's portrayal is a more reflective version of Justice Scalia than the one the public sees.