A play for 2 men, 2 women. "Originally performed as a workshop production at Brown/Trinity Playwrights Repertory Theatre ... in Providence, Rhode Island, in July 2006"--page 4.
Summary:
"Speech & debate is a fiercely funny play by new playwright Stephen Karam. 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 stronger 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. Variety says it's 'bristling with vitality, wicked humor, terrific dialogue and a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth.'"--Leaf A. Theatre Works, Audio Theatre Collection. Three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon discover they are linked by a sex scandal that's rocked their town. When one of them sets out to expose the truth, secrets become currency, the stakes get higher, and the trio's connection grows deeper in this searching, fiercely funny dark comedy with music.
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