Speech & Debate
Hilarious Off-Broadway Hit
Mar 27 - Apr 25, 2009By Stephen Karam
Directed by Jeremy Johnson
Boston Premiere - Even though they attend the same high school, misfits Solomon,
Diwata, and Howie have never met, but when a shocking scandal involving one of their
teachers brings them together, they form a speech and debate club to make their voices
heard. As the unlikely trio negotiates adolescent trials of identity, sexuality, and belonging, they combat pervasive adult hypocrisy and discover that their united voices are stronger than one. Variety says playwright Stephen Karam’s poignant, insightful, and
hilarious new black comedy is “bristling with vitality, wicked humor, terrific dialogue,
and a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth.”
"Savvy comedy." -Variety
Running time is one hour and forty five minutes without intermission.
Adult language, themes.
Boston, MA 02116
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