Speech and Debate, Stephen Karam
Speech and Debate, Stephen Karam
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Speech and Debate

Author: Stephen Karam

Narrator: Andrea Bowen, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2009


Synopsis

A fiercely funny and surprisingly timely new 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."

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Andrea Bowen, Reed Diamond, Nora Dunn, Gideon Glick, Andre Sogliuzzo and Bobby Steggert.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Doug on March 18, 2022

Update: March 2022: This seemed ripe for a reread and did not disappoint on a 2nd go-round. I wish I could find a copy of the film made from it, but the ONLY DVD copy I could find being sold online was from ... Pakistan? Fun fact: Steven Levenson, the librettist for Dear Evan Hansen originated the r......more

Goodreads review by Katie on April 10, 2017

I've read this before, and I'll probably read this again - the changes that were made for the UK production were slight but great. Reading this play just brings me back to working in the lil Black Box theater where it started back in 2007. I was so in love with this play and the characters and how s......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on September 24, 2013

Friendless drama queen Diwata bamboozles cynical, gay Howie and earnest journalist-wannabe Solomon into joining the Speech and Debate Club in order to give herself an extracurricular activity for her college applications but, more importantly, to avenge herself on her high school drama teacher who r......more

Goodreads review by Macy on October 29, 2022

Interesting but I don't think all of it has aged well. I think the ending, while it felt unsatisfying, also felt pretty realistic.......more

Goodreads review by Emma on March 27, 2023

hate that my school is doing this......more