BUG

a thriller

by 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts

April 3-27, 2008

Content Advisory: Mature Themes/Full Nudity - Ages 17 and up

Sponsored by Dr. Robert J. Thierauf, Professor Emeritus, Xavier University

Featuring Sherman Fracher*, Christopher Guthrie, Daniel Britt, Jennifer Dalton, and Drew Fracher

Directed by NSC Producing Artistic Director Alan Patrick Kenny

April 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, 24-26 @ 8pm
April 6, 13, 20, 27 @ 3pm

*Sherman Fracher's appearance supported by the Acclaim Awards Theatre Artist Project Guest Equity Contract Grant

First presented in New York in a long-run 2004 Off-Broadway smash hit production and recently released as feature film directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist), NSC is itchingly excited to present the regional premiere of Tracy Letts’ psycho-thriller BUG.  A disturbing look at how love can get under one’s skin, BUG explores the boundary between paranoia and reality as a woman holed up in a seedy motel room (in hiding from her abusive ex-husband) falls in love with a stranger willing to protect her.  NSC’s Producing Artistic Director Alan Patrick Kenny directs this potent mix of The X-Files, Quentin Tarantino, trailer-trash and creepy-crawlies.

“BUG has a subtlety and sureness of composition that testifies to top-flight craftsmanship.  Buckle up and brace yourself for the theater season’s wildest ride.”

-The New York Times

“A riveting thriller of paranoia and an instant guilty pleasure.”

-Hollywood Reporter

Enquirer Review: "Acting, directing make 'Bug' a smash"
CityBeat Review: "New Stage offering is truly ugly and art at the same time"
Enquirer Preview Interview: "'Bug' bites Fracher again"
Pulse Downtown Magazine Q/A with director Alan Patrick Kenny

ACCLAIM AWARD WINNER:
-SHERMAN FRACHER for Outstanding Lead Performance
-CHRISTOPHER GUTHRIE for Outstanding Lead Performance
-ANDREW BACIGALUPO for Outstanding Lighting Design

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