Date: 9/17/2010 TO 10/10/2010
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Oregon Contemporary Theatre
540 Charnelton St.
Eugene, OR 97401

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Event Description: The Lord Leebrick Theatre Company opens its 2010/2011 with Stephen Karam's Speech & Debate. Sex. Secrets. Performance-art blogs and blackmail. A typical day if you're a teenager in Salem, Oregon. Three high school misfits discover they are linked by a sex scandal thats rocked their town. When one of them sets out to expose the truth, secrets become currency, the stakes get higher, and the trios connection grows deeper in this searching, fiercely funny dark comedy with music. Playwright Stephen Karam creates a hilarious and revealing portrait of the borderland between late adolescence and early adulthood in this clever comedy about the life of the un-average American teenager. Full of unbridled humor, Speech & Debate tackles issues of politics, sexuality, and self-expression in the digital age. Speech & Debate received its world premiere at the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City, opening in October 2007. The play was heralded by critics and audiences alike. Variety described Speech & Debate as a savvy comedy bristling with vitality, wicked humor, terrific dialogue and a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth. Tickets for Speech & Debate are currently on sale and are available at (541) 465-1506 or at www.lordleebrick.com. General admission prices start at $14. Thanks to the support of a grant from the Lane Cultural Coalition, tickets for patrons under the age of 25 are only $10. Performances: Thu/Fri/Sat at 8pm; Matinees: Sundays October 3 & 10 at 2pm.


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