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Watch the First Trailer for Stephen Karam's Speech & Debate Film

Sarah Steele, Liam James, and Austin P. McKenzie lead the cast of this new movie based on Karam’s play.

Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff

| New York City |

February 1, 2017

The trailer is out for the new film adaptation of Stephen Karam's Speech & Debate. Directed by Dan Harris, and starring Sarah Steele (The Humans), Liam James (Psych), and Austin P. McKenzie (Deaf West's Spring Awakening), the movie follows three high school misfits linked by a scandal involving one of their teachers, who revive their school's long-defunct speech and debate society. With cameos by Broadway favorites Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristin Chenoweth, and Darren Criss, Speech & Debate hits theaters, iTunes, and VOD on April 7. Check out the first footage below.

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