Next up at the 5th and D Street Theater…

Redwood Curtain Theatre presents

Special Performances:

• Thursday performances are "pay what you can" - September 17 and October 8 at 8p

• On Friday, September 25 only, there will be a "talk back" session with the audience after the performance. Anyone who wishes to stay is welcome.

Tracy Letts’ The Minutes is a dark comedy set entirely during a small-town city council meeting, where newcomer Mr. Peel asks relentlessly about the missing minutes from a previous session and the sudden absence of a fellow council member. The play, initially a sharp satire of petty local politics and bureaucracy, builds to a sinister, shocking revelation about the town's historical foundation. This play is a powerful modern allegory for how communities choose to remember or deliberately conceal uncomfortable truths about their past, particularly regarding their treatment of marginalized people. Ultimately, the play explores the lengths people will go to preserve their comforting, curated narratives of history and maintain power.

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

"The Minutes is also quite funny, silly even... But the questions Letts poses –
what are you willing to do, what are you willing to ignore, what are you willing
to forget to preserve your ‘cocoon of comfort’? – are provocative. And perennial."
~ Daily Herald

Please Note: The Minutes contains sensitive themes including racial stereotypes, inferred racial slurs, violence, and reference to sexual harassment. There are also sensory effects including flashing/strobe lights and sudden black-outs.