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Tracy Letts' 'Bug': A Sci-Fi Conspiracy Play Revived

12/20/2025

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Tracy Letts, playwright, wrote Bug, a Broadway play about conspiracy theories.
The story follows a working-class woman in Oklahoma.
Letts notes the work was written about three decades ago and was initially viewed as sci-fi.
The article references Letts' previous works, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County and his recent The Minutes.
Carrie Coon, actress, stars in the Manhattan Theater Club production currently in previews.

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Story summary

Tracy Letts, playwright, wrote Bug, a Broadway play about conspiracy theories.
The story follows a working-class woman in Oklahoma.
Letts notes the work was written about three decades ago and was initially viewed as sci-fi.
The article references Letts' previous works, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County and his recent The Minutes.
Carrie Coon, actress, stars in the Manhattan Theater Club production currently in previews.