Most of the play takes place in a seedy motel room . Lonely cocktail waitress Agnes lives there , hiding from her violent ex-con ex-husband Jerry Goss . One night , her lesbian biker friend R.C. introduces her to Peter , a Gulf War veteran who might be AWOL . She gets involved with Peter , who grows increasingly paranoid about the war in Iraq , UFOs , the Oklahoma City bombing , cult suicides , and then secret government experiments on soldiers &mdash; eventually drawing Agnes into his delusions . The play deals with the issues of love , paranoia , conspiracy theories , and Agnes ' slow descent into insanity under Peter 's influence
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
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