Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency teams up again with Boise Contemporary Theater and Boise State University to bring you a reading of one of our 2025-2026 Resident Playwright’s early plays that put him on the map as a major voice in the American theatre. The evening begins with a conversation between Tony Award Winner and Pulitzer Finalist Stephen Karam and Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency Artistic Director John Baker, followed by a reading of Karam’s play, Speech and Debate, which tells the story of three teenagers in Salem, Oregon. When one of them discovers the truth about a sex scandal in their town… secrets become currency, blogs are belted, and the trio’s connection grows deeper in this dark comedy with music.
SPEECH AND DEBATE
Written by Stephen Karam
Directed by Benjamin Burdick
Featuring Theatre Arts majors and faculty from Boise State University
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 7 p.m. MT at Liberty Theater, 110 N Main St, Hailey, ID
and
Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. MT at Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 W Fulton Street, Boise, ID
Tickets: Free of charge; reservations required; more information is available at www.sunvalleyplaywrights.org.