Aurora Theatre Presents SPEECH & DEBATE, 6/11-7/18

By: BWW News Desk Jun. 11, 2010

Closing Aurora Theatre Company's 18th season is the Bay Area Premiere of Stephen Karam's fiercely funny Speech & Debate, hailed by Variety as a "savvy comedy...bristling with vitality, wicked humor, terrific dialogue and a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth."

Three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon discover they are curiously connected by a sex scandal that's rocked their hometown. When the trio (a "drama geek," a "queeny boy," and a budding school newspaper reporter) form an unlikely alliance to seek out and disclose the truth, secrets become currency, the stakes escalate, and their connection grows deeper in their quest for fame, free speech, and the perfect Broadway musical number. Robin Stanton (Betrayed, The Busy World is Hushed, and Permanent Collection) directs this distinctive new play Entertainment Weekly called "One of the top ten plays of the year...Even if you're not fluent in IM, you'll LOL at this subversive comedy."

DATES: Previews: June 11, 12, and 16 at 8pm; June 13 at 2pm
Opens: June 17, 2010
Closes: July 18

SHOWS: Tuesdays at 7pm; Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 2pm and 7pm

WHERE: Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA

TICKETS: For tickets (Previews $34; Regular Performances $34-45; Limited Opening Night Seating $55) the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit www.auroratheatre.org. Student, senior, and group discounts available.

Aurora Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges Associate Sponsors Mayhill and Jim Fowler, Carolyn Weinberger, and Carol Emory and John Wingate for their support.

Aurora Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the following foundations and government agencies for their support: Actors' Equity Foundation, Alameda County Arts Commission, Berkeley Civic Arts Program & Civic Arts Commission, Dramatists Guild Fund, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Koret Foundation, Bernard Osher Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, The Shubert Foundation, The Tournesol Project, The Wood Foundation, and The Zellerbach Family Foundation.

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