Speech & Debate by Stephen Karam | August 2-24
Schedule
Fri Aug 02 2024 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm
Location
The Liminis Theatre, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland, OH, United States, Ohio 44113 | Cleveland, OH
Three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon discover they are linked by a sex scandal that’s rocked their town. 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. 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.A triumph…hilarious, cliché-free, and immensely entertaining…Stephen Karam’s dark comedy seems to be about a frumpy girl, a nerdy guy and an openly gay guy who band together to disclose the truth about a teacher who preys on his male students. But that topical plot is almost window dressing. The play’s real accomplishment is its picture of the borderland between late adolescence and adulthood, where grown-up ideas and ambition coexist with childish will and bravado.” —The New York Times.
Speech & Debate
by Stephen Karam
Thu-Sat at 8 p.m.
August 2nd through August 24th
Tickets are $23 general admission, $18 seniors (65+), $18 students.
Where is it happening?
The Liminis Theatre, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland, OH, United States, Ohio 44113