The Minutes

By Tracy Letts

Directed by Rajeev Rajendran and Caitlin Wells

November 5-14, 2026

"This woman's story has found its way to me after a hundred and fifty years, and I'll be g*******d if I'm just going to send it off to die in some committee.”

A hilarious dark comedy where a tedious town council meeting turns into a brutal reckoning with the community's past and future. The newest play from Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts (August: Osage County, Bug, Killer Joe).

"The Minutes is both a political comedy and a wicked, methodically plotted horror show...it’s devilishly funny until it’s not." - Variety

Thursday November 5th at 7:30 pm
Saturday November 7th at 7:30 pm
Thursday November 12th at 7:30 pm
Friday November 13th at 7:30 pm
Saturday November 14th at 7:30 pm at Chapel Hill Library

Featuring: EJ Cantu, Thaddaeus Edwards, J Evarts, Mark Filiaci, Jessica Flemming, John Honeycutt, Carl Martin, Jeffrey Moore, Julie Oliver, Bryce Nasir Preston, and Geraud Staton

Choreography: Marie Garlock and Aya Shabu; Lighting: Sam McCraw; Rehearsal Stage Manager: Jessica Flemming; Production Stage Manager: Naveed Moeed; Props: Patience.

Running time: approximately 90 minutes

Contains the use of a racial slur, reference to sexual assault, and racial stereotyping and appropriation. Also contains a strobe light effect.

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Bryce Nasir Preston, EJ Cantu, J Evarts, Thaddaeus Edwards, Jeffrey Moore and Geraud Staton in "The Minutes." Photo by Andrew Synowiez.

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Jessica Flemming, Jeffrey Moore, Geraud Staton, Julie Oliver and John Honeycutt in "The Minutes." Photo by Andrew Synowiez.

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Geraud Staton and Thaddaeus Edwards in "The Minutes." Photo by Andrew Synowiez.

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Bryce Nasir Preston, EJ Cantu, J Evarts, Thaddaeus Edwards, Jeffrey Moore and Geraud Staton in "The Minutes." Photo by Andrew Synowiez.

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This project was supported by the Durham Arts Council’s Annual Arts Fund and the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.