Tracy Letts' psychodrama Bug has enjoyed a squalidly sexy reputation since its 1996 London premiere. It's sometimes viewed as unstageable due to naturalistic technical demands, nudity, foul language, drug use, violence, and a spiraling level of intensity beyond the tolerance of ordinary theatergoers. I attended an early tech rehearsal of Riot to Follow's production with considerable interest. I'm a fan of the company's undergrad chutzpah, and I wondered how much of the text director Mark Alford would be able to realize. The answer is "most."
Read my full review of the show here.
Bug
Through Nov. 20, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, free
The Evergreen State College, SEM II, C4107, Olympia
360.867.7048]
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