The Minutes by Tracy Letts

Directed by Eric Beck

The Minutes by Tracy Letts is a razor-sharp political satire that pulls back the curtain on small-town government—and the secrets it works to keep buried.

Set during a city council meeting in the fictional town of Big Cherry, the play follows newcomer Mr. Peel as he tries to piece together what happened at the previous meeting—one whose official minutes seem suspiciously incomplete. As the council debates local issues with self-congratulatory pride and performative patriotism, cracks begin to show in the town’s carefully constructed narrative. Darkly funny, unsettling, and uncomfortably timely, The Minutes explores power, groupthink, civic mythmaking, and the cost of speaking up. What begins as an ordinary meeting spirals into a gripping examination of how history is written—and who gets to write it.