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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The Bed Trick

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  • Dan Pyuen: The Bed Trick by Keiko Green
    “

    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 by Keiko Green
    “

    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.

    ”
  • Kate Danley: The Bed Trick by Keiko Green
    “

    I had the pleasure of catching the Seattle Shakespeare's production of this play and my mind is still reeling! (In a good way!) One of the delicious things about Shakespeare is he presents humanity as it exists, not necessarily how we would like humanity to be. And Keiko has taken All's Well and explored it in a modern context, dissecting the relationships of that play in human terms. Really brilliant! It would be a great companion piece to All's Well in a season!

    I had the pleasure of catching the Seattle Shakespeare's production of this play and my mind is still reeling! (In a good way!) One of the delicious things about Shakespeare is he presents humanity as it exists, not necessarily how we would like humanity to be. And Keiko has taken All's Well and explored it in a modern context, dissecting the relationships of that play in human terms. Really brilliant! It would be a great companion piece to All's Well in a season!

    ”
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Development History

  • Commission, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 2023
  • Workshop, Chance Theater, 2023
  • Workshop, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 2023

Production History

  • Professional, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 2024