Feeding Beatrice
by Kirsten Greenidge

Name: Feeding Beatrice
Brand: Kirsten Greenidge
SKU: 9780573709388
Rating: 4.13 (15 reviews)

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Highlights

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120 minsPresent DayRole(s) for Black Actor(s)Interior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

Synopsis

It starts with the sound of a spoon scraping against glass and the wet noise of lips smacking together.

June and Lurie have a haunting new houseguest – and she’s ravenously hungry.

They do their best to keep her fed and happy, but Beatrice always demands more.

As she burrows deeper and deeper into their lives, the couple faces a horrific question: What will it cost to exorcise Beatrice forever?

Kirsten Greenidge's spine-chilling gothic tale, about a contemporary Black couple haunted by the ghost of a young white girl, deftly explores questions of race, class and the American Dream.

Press Reviews

"Fascinatingly offbeat... Greenidge succeeds in weaving a tapestry that’s as hilarious as it is haunting... it’s unquestionably a captivating experience."
— Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"An arresting and thought-provoking ghost story filled with the specter of racism as well as the supernatural."
— Mark Bretz, Ladue News

"This play is a thought-provoking, sobering, but often times laugh-out-loud gothic tale, smartly crafted to work on many complex intellectual levels. Its haunting metaphors explore racism, classism, and the cleanliness/dirtiness of the American Dream."
— Tanya Seale, Broadway World St. Louis

"The play is a piercing, graphic and haunting illustration of one couple’s attempt to assimilate and achieve their idea of the American dream at all costs."
— Kenya Vaughn, St. Louis American

"Plenty of cringe-inducing twists and gripping, edge-of-your-seat moments."
— Richard T. Green, Talkin' Broadway

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Lurie Walker A home owner in his mid-thirties, June’s husband. Black.	male	—	A home owner in his mid-thirties, June’s husband. Black.
Leroy Walker Lurie’s younger brother, in his early to mid-thirties. Black.	male	—	Lurie’s younger brother, in his early to mid-thirties. Black.
Beatrice A young guest. White.	—	—	A young guest. White.
June Walker A home owner in her mid-thirties, Lurie’s wife. Black.	female	—	A home owner in her mid-thirties, Lurie’s wife. Black.