Overview
"You know I saw an article in Time Magazine a few years ago that stated
'Asian Men are In,' and it had a picture of a white woman riding the
back of an Asian man. No Kidding. Like he was some kind of human
rickshaw. Maybe you should take a picture of Sheryl riding me with a
blunt in her mouth an' a dreadlock wig." Following the success of last
year's production of Obama-ology, multi-award-winning African-American
playwright Aurin Squire returns to the Finborough Theatre with another
world premiere - Don't Smoke in Bed. Jamaican-American Richard and
White-American Sheryl are starting a family together. When they agree to
a series of 'bedroom interviews', they believe that their interracial
relationship is the focus of the article. As both play up to what they
believe are the expectations of the interviewer, they embark on a
journey that challenges their relationship to the core as the barriers
between psychological and social, sexual and political, public and
private, melt and dissolve...