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A searing new comedy from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of August: Osage County. Beneath the deadpan back-and-forth of a seemingly typical city council board meeting lies the whiff of something distinctly sinister in Tracy Letts's new play The Minutes. Known for his keen ability to illustrate the faults and cracks under humanity's surface, Letts delivers an acutely thrilling new work that pulls you in with laughter before grabbing you by the throat.

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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.' --Hedy Weiss Chicago Sun-Times 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 --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. -- The Hollywood Reporter --The Hollywood Reporter The Minutes will not be a play you forget quickly. --Chris Jones 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.' --Hedy Weiss Chicago Sun-Times 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. --The Hollywood Reporter The Minutes will not be a play you forget quickly. --Chris Jones 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.' --Hedy Weiss 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. -- The Hollywood Reporter --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 --Chicago Sun-Times The Minutes will not be a play you forget quickly. --Chris Jones Chicago Tribune

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 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.' --Hedy Weiss Chicago Sun-Times The Minutes will not be a play you forget quickly. --Chris Jones Chicago Tribune 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. --The Hollywood Reporter

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.' --Hedy Weiss Chicago Sun-Times The Minutes will not be a play you forget quickly. --Chris Jones Chicago Tribune

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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.

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