Bugs by Alex Moon

Two long-haul truckers are forced to reckon with unspoken secrets in their friendship when it appears insects begin throwing themselves purposefully against their truck's windshield.
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Bugs

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  • Aurora Behlke:
    24 Aug. 2022
    “ BUGS!!! Moon makes you cry and laugh all at once. This play sneaks up on you and seeps into your heart. By the end, it's hard to part from these wonderful, sad, existential truckers. ”
  • Samantha Marchant:
    18 Aug. 2022
    “ A fascinating tale about male friendship. Being alone even when you’re with someone. Comedic and tragic, definitely worth checking out! ”
  • Rachael Carnes:
    13 Aug. 2022
    “ Deceptively funny dialogue, magnetizing characters and richly-hewn out-of-time world-building masks a deep introspection on life and loss. The best plays about tragedy are comedies at their core - fight me on this - and Moon's work here is a perfect example. Great stuff. ”

THIERRY, 30-50, M-- A talkative, empathetic trucker. He's long been on the road with BRUCE, and is deeply perceptive of a recent change in his demeanor.

BRUCE, 30-50, M-- THIERRY'S foil; a fellow trucker. Bruce is quieter, more reserved, not quick to anger (but quick to annoyance). He's increasingly serious in his adulthood.

BUGS-- Played by humans. Don't need to remotely look like bugs. The shittier the better.

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