This production of the play will head to Broadway following its 2021 run at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre.
It has been announced that Manhattan Theatre Club will present the Broadway premiere of Bug, written by Tracy Letts and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer.
This Broadway production will star three-time Emmy Award nominee and Tony Award nominee Carrie Coon ( “The White Lotus,” “Fargo,” “The Gilded Age”) as Agnes White, Namir Smallwood (“American Rust”) as Peter Evans, Randall Arney (Steppenwolf’s You Can’t Take it With You, True West) as Dr. Sweet, Jennifer Engstrom (Sweet Bird of Youth at Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) as R.C., and Steve Key (Sweat, Off-Broadway: Blue Surge, The Effect) as Jerry Goss.
Bug will begin performances at the the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on the 17th December, with official opening night set for the 8th January 2026.
From Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) and Tony Award-winning director David Cromer (Prayer for the French Republic, The Band’s Visit) comes the Broadway premiere of Steppenwolf’s acclaimed staging of a cult classic about an unexpected and intense romance between a lonely waitress (Carrie Coon) and a mysterious drifter (Namir Smallwood). What begins as a simple connection between two broken people in a seedy Oklahoma motel room twists into something far more dangerous. When reality slips out of grasp, paranoia, delusion, and conspiracy take over in this sexy psychological thriller.
To find out more visit: https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2025-26-season/bug/