Bug is a play by American playwright Tracy Letts, an American playwright, screenwriter and actor who received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County. A film version of the play was released in 2006 and starred Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr and Michael Shannon.
The play takes place in a seedy motel room in Oklahoma City. Lonely cocktail waitress Agnes (Emma Tolleson) lives there, hiding from her violent ex-con ex-husband Jerry Goss (Ta'Shawn Chunn). One night, her biker friend R.C. (Latrice Scott) introduces her to Peter (Andrew Tye), a Gulf War veteran who might be AWOL. She gets involved with Peter, who grows increasingly paranoid about the war in Iraq, 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. Dr. Sweet is played by Daniel Eshbaugh.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Agnes = Emma Tolleson
R.C. = Latrice Scott
Peter = Andrew Tye
Jerry Goss = Ta'Shawn Chunn
Dr. Sweet = Daniel Eshbaugh
UIL FIVE-MAN CREW
Stage Manager = Chase Yerkes
Sound = Derresha Webb
Lights = Sam Little
Backstage Lights = Dylan Prather
Props = Taylor Wilson
UIL ALTERNATES
Gabe Fontanez
Grace Mellette
Mikayla Craig
James Equels
ON-SITE CREW
Lights = D’Andre Wright, Christopher Brown, Rebecca Alley
Costumes = Oliver Marshall, Kaiya Fowler, Arreyon Blocker
Sound = Sierra Amalbert, Chantal Cyrus, Seth Little
Hair & Make-Up = Bailee Poelker, Callie Ortega, Anaiya Harris
Props = Nick Winkler, Adara Felix, Chris Apgar, Robert Solar
Set Crew = Isabel Suarez-Cruz, Emma Poehlmann
DELETED FROM THE UIL TEAM = Abryanna Ingram, Timothy Jarrett
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Temple High School
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Temple, TX 76504
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Natasha Tolleson
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Kayla Stewart
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Brad LaMotte
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Team Mask Making
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Wilderness for 500 people
UIL One-Act Play Mac Beth
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after district were cancelled
Mrs. Tolleson Named a
TETA Educator of the Year
Texas Thespian Convention
All 8 Events Advance to
International Competition
STATE CHAMPION
Team Mask Making
STATE CHAMPION
Team Set Design
Nominee, Texas Thespian
Troupe of the Year (1 of 6)
5th Place
Baby with the Bathwater
Texas UIL 6A State Finals
One-Act Play Competition
(Out of 254 schools)
5th Place in Texas, Div. 2
UIL Dramatic Design Group
Texas Thespian Convention
All 10 Events Advance to
International Competition
(More than any other troupe)
Texas Thespian Performance
of Wonder of the World
Texas Thespian All-Star
Troupe (1 of 10 in Texas)
Nominee, Texas Thespian
Troupe of the Year (1 of 3)
4th Place On the Verge
Texas UIL 5A State Finals
One-Act Play Competition
(Out of over 250 schools)
STATE CHAMPION
Texas UIL Hair & Make-Up
Design (Division 2)
5th Place in Texas, Div. 2
UIL Dramatic Design Group
14 Students Advance to
International Competition
Texas Thespian Mainstage
3 Performances of Cabaret