This Pulitzer Prize Finalist takes place at a “Smalltown USA” town council meeting on a rainy night. Unfolding in real-time, the play begins with a simple pair of questions from the newest council member: Where is committee member Mr. Carp, and where are the minutes from the council’s last meeting that might explain Carp’s absence? As the council members—plus one beleaguered city clerk—try to answer and avoid these questions, the play’s fast-paced satire will be familiar to any audience member who’s ever had to sit through a committee meeting or deal with bureaucracy. As the meeting unfolds and tensions build, it opens up deeper questions about U.S. history and the stories (and secrets!) that history is based on. What will these characters be willing to do to avoid or uncover hard truths? What would we do?

A searing exploration of this country’s colonial past, The Minutes is part workplace comedy, part post-colonial horror, and 100% timely!

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