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When do they do their homework? That's what I want to know about the three high school students who sign up for ''Speech and Debate,'' the club that provides the title for the slyly funny new play at TheaterWorks in Hartford. Solomon spends his time researching sex scandals and similarly outre topics for the school paper. Diwata swigs from warm bottles of wine cooler as she posts rambling extemporaneous songs and rants on her video blog. And Howie trolls gay chat rooms to e-flirt with older men and -- sure, why not? -- agree to meet them in the park at midnight. Schoolwork? Definitely at the bottom of the to-do lists. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]