Speech & Debate July 16, 2010

When Solomon, Diwata and the openly gay Howie, three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon, find themselves linked by a sex scandal involving one of their teachers, they join forces. After all, “What good's a secret, if people can keep it?” Their own secrets become currency, the stakes get higher, and their connection grows deeper as they attempt to expose the truth without exposing themselves in the process, in this fiercely funny and controversial dark comedy with music.

Playwright Stephen Karam borrows from a real-life sex scandal involving a gay teenager and a politician who met in an internet chat room.

“Speech and Debate” opens at the Secret Rose Theatre on Friday July 16 and runs through August 22 only. Performances will be on Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 PM, Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM and three Thursday night performances August 5, 12 and 18 at 8:00 PM.

Seats are $15.00 online at www.goldstar.com or $25.00 at the door.

The Secret Rose Theatre is located at 11246 Magnolia Boulevard, 1 and ½ blocks west of Lankershim in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood, CA 91601. The Secret Rose Theatre is handicapped accessible.