The Minutes received its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago in the fall of 2017. The Minutes was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play began previews on Broadway in February 2020, though never officially opened due to Covid-19 shutdowns (opening date was set for March 15th). It is now set to open on Broadway in March 2022.

This is the seventh play by Letts that has premiered at Steppenwolf. Letts’ play August: Osage County earned him the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the Tony Award for Best Play. The play was later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in 2013. As a performer, Letts was honored with the 2013 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his work on Broadway in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Letts was most recently on Broadway in the spring of 2019, starring in a revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons with Annette Bening. Letts is also known for his roles in Showtime’s Homeland as Senator Andrew Lockhart, and in the films The Lovers, Lady Bird, and The Post.