The Bed Trick

by Keiko Green

In this fast-paced comedy, college freshmen Lulu and Marianne test their limits as they party through the school year, in search of their place in the world. Marianne, newly eighteen, just learned that her parents’ origin story may not have been quite as romantic as she thought. Meanwhile, Lulu tries to reignite a spark with her boyfriend, who she just found out has a secret online dating profile. When the two...

In this fast-paced comedy, college freshmen Lulu and Marianne test their limits as they party through the school year, in search of their place in the world. Marianne, newly eighteen, just learned that her parents’ origin story may not have been quite as romantic as she thought. Meanwhile, Lulu tries to reignite a spark with her boyfriend, who she just found out has a secret online dating profile. When the two girls’ drama-nerd-roommate Harriet brings in baggage from a student production of All’s Well That Ends Well, the thematic ideas of consent and manipulation start to seep into their lives.

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  • Mollie Murk: The Bed Trick

    Cannot recommend this play highly enough!! The rich, devastating realness of each character had my heart on the edge of its seat. A really beautiful exploration of attraction, love, friendship, desire, Firsts, coming-of-age, family, etc etc etc. Would so love to see it in performance— such a fearless exploration of difficult or seemingly-sticky subject matter, that gets right to the heart of what it is to be a person in the process of Trying to be Better.

    Cannot recommend this play highly enough!! The rich, devastating realness of each character had my heart on the edge of its seat. A really beautiful exploration of attraction, love, friendship, desire, Firsts, coming-of-age, family, etc etc etc. Would so love to see it in performance— such a fearless exploration of difficult or seemingly-sticky subject matter, that gets right to the heart of what it is to be a person in the process of Trying to be Better.

  • Dan Pyuen: The Bed Trick

    Beautiful adaptation. The comedy is alive in the text, and the question it asks of an audience in its conclusion equally alive.

    Beautiful adaptation. The comedy is alive in the text, and the question it asks of an audience in its conclusion equally alive.

  • Andrew Lee Creech: The Bed Trick

    This play is simply outstanding. Caught the Seattle Shakespeare Company production, and when I tell you that you don't often get experiences in the theatre like I had, I MEAN it. It asks questions, it provokes, it educates, and it does it all while having you in stitches laughing...until you're not. And then you are again. This is the kind of theatre that makes me excited for the future of our industry.

    This play is simply outstanding. Caught the Seattle Shakespeare Company production, and when I tell you that you don't often get experiences in the theatre like I had, I MEAN it. It asks questions, it provokes, it educates, and it does it all while having you in stitches laughing...until you're not. And then you are again. This is the kind of theatre that makes me excited for the future of our industry.

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Development History

  • Type Commission, Organization Seattle Shakespeare Company, Year 2023
  • Type Workshop, Organization Chance Theater, Year 2023
  • Type Workshop, Organization Seattle Shakespeare Company, Year 2023

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Seattle Shakespeare Company, Year 2024