Hilarious 'Speech and Debate' respects teen angst

No Valley theater company is more dedicated to revealing the secret lives of teenagers than Stray Cat Theatre.



In plays ranging from the searing docudrama columbinus to the wicked "Peanuts" spoof Dog Sees God, the troupe explores that bewildering borderland between childhood and maturity, where not-quite-fully-formed persons can be both surprisingly sophisticated and shockingly naive, exuberantly beautiful and painfully awkward, all at the same time.



Diwata is played by Jannese Davidson in one of those rare comic performances that is so exquisitely timed, so deliciously quirky, so insanely perfect that it makes you want to jump onstage, give her a hug and hand her the business card of a Hollywood agent (if only you had one). She doesn't so much steal scenes as take them to a higher level, making the entire production that much better.



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