The Minutes

by Tracy Letts

Overview

This scathing new comedy about small-town politics and real-world power, from the author of August: Osage County, exposes the ugliness behind some of our most closely-held American narratives while asking each of us what we would do to keep from becoming history's losers.

"Certain to be the single work of art that best represents, but will also survive, the Trump era." - Variety

"Explosive... Deftly captures the tension of patriotic grandiosity and provincial defensiveness found in city halls across the land." - Chicago Tribune

"Astonishing... a pitch-black comedy about the current state of American politics." - Chicago Sun-Times

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780573707186
Publisher:	Samuel French, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/05/2023
Pages:	82
Sales rank:	145,207
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.17(d)

About the Author

Tracy Letts was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for August: Osage County which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2007 and later played on Broadway, at London's National Theatre, and at theatres around the United States and internationally. In 2013, August: Osage County became a feature film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. Other writing credits include Mary Page Marlowe, Man from Nebraska, Killer Joe, Bug and Superior Donuts. He has been an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 2002. As an actor, he was awarded a 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. His screen acting credits include a starring role on Homeland.

Editorial Reviews

"With his new play “The Minutes,” a simmering satire of a small-town city council meeting that evolves — or devolves — into something of a horror tale, Pulitzer-winning playwright Tracy Letts has written what is nearly certain to be the single work of art that best represents, but will also survive, the Trump era."

Variety

"Letts is a keen observer of the way the past oozes into the present and future. And while each of his characters has a vivid identity, each also has a dozen richly contradictory aspects to his or her nature... The playwright also serves up some blackly comic laughs, too, just to clear the air from time to time."

Chicago Sun-Times

"A playwright with talent, nerve and something to say... a finely tuned ear and eye for the hidden - and not always noble - calibrations of the human heart."

Hollywood Reporter

The Minutes will not be a play you forget quickly.

Chicago Tribune

With his astonishing new play, 'The Minutes,' a pitch black comedy about the current state of American politics and the ‘fake news’ elements in our national history, Tracy Letts has written the 21st century equivalent of ‘The Rite of Spring.’

Chicago Sun-Times - Hedy Weiss

The Minutes will not be a play you forget quickly.

Chicago Tribune - Chris Jones

"A playwright with talent, nerve and something to say... a finely tuned ear and eye for the hidden - and not always noble - calibrations of the human heart."

The Hollywood Reporter

"Letts is a keen observer of the way the past oozes into the present and future. And while each of his characters has a vivid identity, each also has a dozen richly contradictory aspects to his or her nature... The playwright also serves up some blackly comic laughs, too, just to clear the air from time to time."

Chicago Sun-Times