Posted on Jan 15th, 2010

ACLU of Texas and Stages Repertory Theater

Join Stages Repertory Theater in Houston for the next ACLU of Texas Civil Liberties subscription series play on March 17. In Speech and Debate, teen misfits Solomon, Diwata and Howie discover each other online and build a tentative alliance in the form of their high school's first speech and debate team. This winning, fiercely funny dark comedy is part Breakfast Club, part Arthur Miller, and was hailed in its 2007 Off-Broadway run as a brilliant look at the modern teenager. Dr. Pesikoff, who is a practicing psychiatrist and professor at Baylor School of Medicine, deals regularly with teenagers, conformist and nonconformist. The post-performance discussion will feature Dr. Richard Pesikoff.

Click here for details on the ACLU Play Group.

Dr. Pesikoff knows what makes teenagers tick.
A clinical professor of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston for the past 39 years, Dr. Pesikoff has focused his practice on childhood development, substance abuse by young people, and forensic psychiatry.

Dr. Pesikoff has received a number of honors for his teaching, including the American Psychiatric Association’s award for being one of the outstanding teachers of psychiatry in medical schools in the United States. He is active in a number of organizations and has made appearances on many television programs including CBS’ “60 Minutes” and ABC’S “Good Morning America.”

Dr. Pesikoff will talk about how to communicate with, and to encourage the activities of, non-conformist teenagers.