The Minutes Reveals the Dark Underbelly of Small-Town Politics at Curious Theatre

Curious Theatre Company‘s epic 26th season kicks off with a roller coaster of political satire and dark humor in its regional premiere of Tracy Letts’s Broadway hit The Minutes. This season is also the company’s first since 1997 without founders Chip Walton and Dee Covington, but the upcoming production signifies that Curious remains true to its mission of producing thought-provoking, challenging and socially relevant plays.

“At Curious, we aim to produce challenging new plays from exciting voices in contemporary theater, plays you are unlikely to see anywhere else,” says Jada Suzanne Dixon, who took over as artistic director in 2022. “The Minutes is a standout script straight from Broadway and one of America’s best playwrights, the amazing Tracy Letts. This play allowed us an…