Feeding Beatrice

by Kirsten Greenidge

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 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.

Genres: Plays

130 pages, Paperback

Published October 6, 2022

Reviews

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect play for the Halloween season. Loved it. It was creepy AF. The most poignant thing was the pressure the couple felt because the girl was white. I could see most married people having the conversations that the homeowners had, so it rang true and realistic as far as that goes. No spoilers, but Bea got what she deserved.
As far as staging this goes, there are some challenges. The set was the biggest challenge, but that could be handled several different ways without a ton of trouble. Disbelief suspenders are powerful.

[Mikennah Oleson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was absolutely FASCINATED right up until the end.

[Max · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots happening. Lost me in the end. Reminds me of the movie “Vivarium”

[Liz Gutridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

babes maybe we shouldn’t have ignored the dead body