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Speech & Debate at Studio Theater
Dates: 5/29/2026 - 6/28/2026
📍 Theatre: Studio Theater
Beck Center for the Arts
17801 Detroit Ave
Lakewood, OH 44107
Phone: 216-521-2540
Tickets: starting at $15
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by Stephen Karam. Directed by Don Carrier. Studio Theater, May 29 through June 28, 2026. Presented in arrangement with Dramatist Play Service
Three misfit high school students in Salem, Oregon form a unique debate club, complete with a musical version of The Crucible, an unusual podcast, and a plot to take down their corrupt drama teacher. With his signature wit, playwright Karam follows the trio's attempts to fend off the menace of encroaching adulthood with edgy humor and subversive antics.
"Stephen Karam's savvy comedy is bristling with vitality, wicked humor, terrific dialogue, and adirect pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth" -- David Rooney, Variety
“Hilarious...Speech & Debate’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, New York Times
Season Tickets and Flex Passes for the 2025-2026 Professional Theater Season range in price from $136 to $384 and are available for purchase now for renewing subscribers at 216-521-2540. Season tickets and flex passes go on sale to new subscribers on June 2, 2025. Tickets to individual shows will go on sale to the public on July 1, 2025, at 216-521-2540 and Beckcenter.org.
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SPEECH & DEBATE by Stephen Karam To Be Presented At Beck Center for the Arts
May 01, 2026 Beck Center for the Arts will present SPEECH & DEBATE, Stephen Karam's comedy about three misfit high school students in Salem, Oregon, directed by Case Western Reserve University's Don Carrier in Lakewood, OH.About the Theatre
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Studio Theater is at 17801 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, OH.
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The Robber Bridegroom (05/30/25-06/29/25)
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare (02/28/25-03/09/25)
Channeling Grimm (12/13/24-12/22/24)
Doubt: A Parable (05/26/23-06/25/23)
Disgraced (05/29/20-06/28/20)
Meteor Shower (04/03/20-05/03/20)
Mockingbird (02/28/20-03/08/20)
Andy Warhol in Iran (10/03/25-11/02/25)
The Robber Bridegroom (05/30/25-06/29/25)
Under a Baseball Sky (04/04/25-05/04/25)
The Tempest by William Shakespeare (02/28/25-03/09/25)
Channeling Grimm (12/13/24-12/22/24)
Doubt: A Parable (05/26/23-06/25/23)
Disgraced (05/29/20-06/28/20)
Meteor Shower (04/03/20-05/03/20)
Mockingbird (02/28/20-03/08/20)
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