The ability of the horror genre to take on systemic violence has become a rich conversation in literature and film.
On the civic-minded set of “The Minutes,” things get very strange, even funny, before going downright dark. Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama about a city council meeting gone awry launches the new season at the Curious Theatre Company with artistic aplomb and to roiling effect.
Carp’s chair and nameplate sit at the end of a long table, but he’s nowhere in sight. Why? Might a reading of the minutes of the council’s prior meeting clarify things?The nonreplies, evasions and push-back provide the first hint that something may be out of whack. Then there’s the fact that from the play’s outset, there have been the rumblings of a storm. Later, lightning will illuminate the stage.
With its mute expression of the solemn work of democracy, Markas Henry’s evocative set provides a perfect counterpoint to what unfolds onstage. Early chatter gives way to peevish grievances, a doublespeak absurd enough to rival Abbott and Costello and one thoughtful bill likely not to see the light of day.
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