[4] Speech & Debate' West Coast premiere at Artists Repertory Theater in Portland, Oregon, in November to December 2008.
Directed by Jon Kretzu, the cast featured Derek Herman (Howie), Jennifer Rowe (Diwata), Adrian de Forest (Solomon) and Allison Frost (Teacher/Reporter).
Directed by Tom Attenborough, the cast features Douglas Booth (Howie), Tony Revolori (Solomon), Patsy Ferran (Diwata) and Charlotte Lucas (Teacher/Reporter).
The students decide to perform a musical version of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, combined with time travel and a young Abraham Lincoln, to shine a light on predatory teachers at the school.
The play’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.