SPEECH AND DEBATE Closes on Feb. 21 at Seattle Rep

Seattle Repertory Theatre's "Speech & Debate," the new comedy from 30-year-old playwright Stephen Karam, will close on February 21.

Tickets are available through the Seattle Rep box office at (206) 443-2222 as well as online at www.seattlerep.org.

When the show played at Roundabout Theatre in New York, The New York Times praised, "A plot description doesn't hint at how funny and cliché-free this brilliantly performed little show is." The Seattle production features an all-local cast of veteran fringe actors: Trick Danneker, Erin Stewart, Justin Huertas, and Amy Thone. Seattle Rep Director of Education Andrea Allen directs.

In the play, Solomon wants to write about sex scandals for the school newspaper, openly gay new kid Howie wants to find a boyfriend, and wannabe popstar Diwata would love to see her new musical version of "The Crucible" hit Broadway. The trio knows they'll never be popular, but maybe they could at least be famous-and shake up the system while they're at it. They start an after-school speech and debate team, and the result is epic.