Review Highlights: THE MINUTES - Stray Cat Theatre

Tanner J. Conley, Rob Stuart, Tony Latham, Johnny Kalita, and Tim Shawver
Photo by John Groseclose

highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

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"The Minutes by Tracy Letts is a sharp, dark, and quite frightening comedy that explores small-town politics, secrets, and the unsettling history lurking beneath the surface. Set in modern times in the fictional town of Big Cherry, the play takes place entirely within a city council meeting room. With a superb cast of many well-known local actors, Stray Cat's Arizona premiere of the Tony-nominated play is excellent."  - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)

"Hilarity and hypocrisy mix well in Tracy Letts’ latest play “The Minutes” and Stray Cat Theatre mounts a marvelously amusing but thought-provoking production.  Set-in small-town Big Cherry’s City Council meeting, they are wrestling with an annual historic festival dealing with the town’s founding back in 1872, or are they?  There are a host of irregularities that occurred at the last meeting and many Council members don’t want to tread on the unresolved issues."   -Chris Curcio, Curtain Up Phoenix (click here to read the complete review)

"As presented by Stray Cat Theatre as its 23rd season opener, THE MINUTES, a blistering satire of small-town city council meetings, begins as one thing and concludes as something completely different. And no matter what clues or giveaways you think you might have picked up on throughout the play, you won't be prepared for the emotional wallop that will eventually come. And you may not fully recover from its uncomfortable implications, either."  - David Appleford, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)