Bug (play)

Bug
Written by	Tracy Letts
Characters	Peter Evans Agnes White Jerry Goss Dr. Sweet R.C. Pizza guy
Date premiered	20 September 1996
Place premiered	London, England
Original language	English
Subject
Genre	Black comedy
Setting	Oklahoma, USA

Bug is a play by American playwright Tracy Letts. It was adapted into a film in 2006, with Letts writing the screenplay and Michael Shannon reprising his role as Peter.

Most of the play takes place in a seedy motel room. Lonely cocktail waitress Agnes lives there, hiding from her violent ex-con ex-husband Jerry Goss. One night, her lesbian biker friend R.C. introduces her to Peter, a Gulf War veteran who might be AWOL. She gets involved with Peter, who grows increasingly paranoid about the war in Iraq, UFOs, the Oklahoma City bombing, cult suicides, and then secret government experiments on soldiers — eventually drawing Agnes into his delusions. The play deals with the issues of love, paranoia, conspiracy theories, and Agnes' slow descent into insanity under Peter's influence.

The play originally premiered at the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill, London, England on September 20, 1996. The rehearsals were at A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Following its London run, the play made its U.S. debut at Ithaca, New York, followed by the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.

In Washington, DC, the play underwent a series of revisions and received an American premiere at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in March/April 2000.

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