Bug by Tracy Letts, at Barrow Street Theatre from 21 Feb 2004

Tue 27 Jan 2004 Bug by Tracy Letts, at Barrow Street Theatre from 21 Feb 2004 Bug by Tracy Letts, will open at the Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street (Off Broadway) 29 Feb 2004, following previews from 21 Feb 2004. Directed by Dexter Bullard, the cast includes: Shannon Cochran, Michael Shannon, Amy Landecker, Reed Birney A hallucinatory tale of pests and paranoia, BUG is a dark comedy exploring themes of isolation and delusion. AGNES (Cochran), a scrappy, drug-addled woman is laying low in an Oklahoma City motel to avoid her ex-husband GOSS who is on early release from prison. His arrival spells trouble when he discovers that Agnes has forged a new relationship with an enigmatic younger man named PETER (Shannon). In this psycho-thriller, residents of this spooky motel are visited by mysterious strangers, haunted by events from their pasts, and attacked by bugs. ***Bug premiered at the Gate Theatre London in 1996 and was produced in the playwright's theatrical hometown of Chicago by A Red Orchid Theatre.