Alastar Dimitrie as Peter and Jessica “Red” Bays as Agnes. Photo by Gavin Gibson.

Alastar Dimitrie as Peter and Jessica “Red” Bays as Agnes. Photo by Gavin Gibson.

Bug

Wolf’s Head Theater Company was created in January of 2018 as a subsidiary of Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival, created for productions of non-classical plays. The intention was a creation of a modern, intimate theatre experience—Theatre with a Bite, as it were. Our inaugural production was Bug by Tracy Letts, summer 2018. (Tracy Letts is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright based in Chicago. Other works include August Osage County, Killer Joe, and Superior Donuts.)

In Bug, a world-weary waitress and an eccentric Gulf War veteran meet in a dingy motel room. Together they confront loneliness, loss, her violent ex-con ex-husband, his murky military past, UFOs, secret government conspiracies and a possible infestation of blood-sucking aphids.

A pitch-black comedy with terrifyingly intimate staging at the Ore Dock Brewing Company, Bug affected its audience on a visceral level.

Brian Cabell of Word on the Street called Bug “…riveting. Enthralling. Gut-wrenching.” (Read the full review here)

Brenna Womer, a special to the Mining Journal, regarded Bug as a “brilliant, thoughtful, and visionary production.” (Read the full review here)

Cast:

  • Peter: Alastar Dimitrie

  • Agnes: Jessica “Red” Bays

  • R.C: Monica Nordeen

  • Jerry Goss: Christopher Scott Leith

  • Dr. Sweet: Monet Chartier

  • Pizza Guy: Anthony Reynolds

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