{"product_id":"speech-debate-tcg-edition-9781559365444","title":"Speech \u0026 Debate (Tcg Edition)","description":"\"You might think a play that grapples with serious modern social issues--homophobia, teenage alienation, the limits of online privacy--would have no room for a warbling Abraham Lincoln doing an interpretive dance. But then you might not expect to encounter a piece of theater as ingenious and cannily plotted as Stephen Karam's \u003ci\u003eSpeech \u0026amp; Debate\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a suspenseful tale that fuses keen-eyed civic critique with riotous and even campy humor.\" - Celia Wren, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e  \"Hilarious...\u003ci\u003eSpeech \u0026amp; Debate\u003c\/i\u003e'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...We never feel we're being educated, just immensely entertained.\" - Caryn James, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A provocative play...A lot of shows about teens ring inauthentic. Not this one.\" - Chris Jones, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \"Stephen Karam's savvy comedy is bristling with vitality, wicked humor, terrific dialogue, and a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth.\" - David Rooney, \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e  In this unconventional dark comedy, three misfit high school students in Salem, Oregon form a unique debate club, complete with a musical version of \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e, an unusual podcast, and a plot to take down their corrupt drama teacher. With his signature wit, Karam traces the cohort's attempts to fend off the menace of encroaching adulthood with caustic humor and subversive antics.   Stephen Karam's plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Humans\u003c\/i\u003e (Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist), \u003ci\u003eSons of the Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize finalist), and \u003ci\u003eSpeech \u0026amp; Debate\u003c\/i\u003e. His adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e premiered on Broadway for the Roundabout Theatre Company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559365444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Stephen Karam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38400491454645,"sku":"9781559365444","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_53419ba9-871d-4854-9908-7c5edb1aa59c.jpg?v=1612164282","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/speech-debate-tcg-edition-9781559365444","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}