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Wed May 14 - Sun May 18

L.A. Theatre Works records Stephen Karam's

"SPEECH & DEBATE"

A fiercely funny and surprisingly timely new play


Tel. (310) 827-0889
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$20 - $47
Tickets
Box Office: (310) 827-0889

Location
Date and Time
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90049
district: Los Angeles

Wed May 14 (8:00 PM)
Thu May 15 (8:00 PM)
Fri May 16 (8:00 PM)
Sat May 17 (3:00 PM)
Sun May 18 (4:00 PM)

Description
Sex, secrets and performance art video blogs with a George Michael beat - just another typical day when you're a teenager in Salem, Oregon. L.A. Theatre Works records "Speech & Debate", the fiercely funny and timely new play by Stephen Karam that just completed an extended, sold-out run at New York's Roundabout Underground.

They may go to the same school, but misfits Solomon, Diwata and Howie have never met and their teachers and peers just don’t take them seriously - until a sex scandal involving one of their teachers brings them together. Soon they realize that three voices are strstronger than one. And since their school has no speech and debate squad, maybe this is their chance to be heard at last - by the school and even the world.

The New York Times called it "A triumph… hilarious and immensely entertaining," while Variety wrote, "bristling with vitality, wicked humor, terrific dialogue and a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth."