Animus Theatre Company in association with
Circle in the Square Theatre School Presents

the minutes

Directed by VICTOR MALANA MAOG

JOHN GALLAGHER, JR. (Mr. Peel) is a Tony Award winning New York City actor known for his roles on Broadway in Swept Away, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Jerusalem, American Idiot, Spring Awakening and Rabbit Hole. Off-Broadway credits include Farragut North, Port Authority and Kimberly Akimbo. Film credits include Underwater, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Short Term 12, Hush, Margaret and Pieces of April. TV credits include High Maintenance, Westworld, Olive Kitteridge and The Newsroom. John is also a singer/songwriter who tours regularly and has released the three original records Six Day Hurricane, 8th and Jane and Goodbye or Something.

SCOTT CAAN (Mayor Superba) is an actor, writer and director. Scott has starred in Steven Soderbergh's OCEAN’S ELEVEN remake along with OCEAN’S TWELVE and OCEAN’S THIRTEEN. He was also seen in the thriller INTO THE BLUE and in Nicole Holofcener's indie comedy, FRIENDS WITH MONEY. He also wrote, directed, and starred in the feature films DALLAS 362 and THE DOG PROBLEM. A published playwright, “Two Wrongs,” “No Way Around But Through,” and “The Trouble With Where We Come From” are successes available from Dramatists.  Caan’s series credits include a Golden Globe nominated ten season run as “Danno” in CBS’ hit HAWAII FIVE-O.  He also starred in the last two seasons of ENTOURAGE for HBO. In 2023, Scott wrote and starred in the film ONE DAY AS A LION with J.K. Simmons and Frank Grillo. This fall Scott is thrilled to star with Brad Pitt & Elizabeth Debicki in David Fincher’s THE ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH, the sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD.

SAMANTHA SLOYAN (Ms. Johnson) is very excited to be a part of the Tracy Letts Festival. TV and Film Credits include: The Life of Chuck, Midnight Mass, The Pitt, The Morning Show, The Fall of the House of Usher, Grey’s Anatomy and the upcoming series Carrie. LA Theater includes: Vicuña (Kirk Douglas Theater) The Thanksgiving Play (Geffen Playhouse)

JOE HOLT (Mr. Blake) After moving to New York City over 30 years ago, Joe Holt has carved out a career as a working professional. His most recent credits include a recurring role in Untamed produced by John Wells, Albany Road (directed by Christine Swanson), Dan Fogelman’s new series Paradise, recurring roles in Bel-Air and All-American: Homecoming, The Accountant 2 directed by Gavin O’Connor, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, and The Greatest Ever directed by Steve Grimaldi. He is represented by Stewart Talent in both New York and Los Angeles, commercially by AKA and BBR, and managed by John Baldasare at Venture Entertainment. 

JOE FORBRICH (Mr. Breeding) Broadway: Lucky Guy; Airline Highway; The Crucible; The Front Page; The Iceman Cometh; The Minutes; Patriots; Good Night and Good Luck. Off-Broadway: Rose Rage (The Duke on 42nd Street); A Soldier's Play (Second Stage); All's Well That Ends Well; Measure For Measure (Shakespeare in the Park); The Counter (Roundabout). Film: We Own the Night; West 32nd; Bridge of Spies; My Own Love Song. TV: The Sopranos; 30 Rock; Daredevil; Dispatches From Elsewhere; Law & Order; Law & Order Criminal Intent; Law & Order Organized Crime; FBI; Blue Bloods. I play a lot of cops.

DAVID RYSDAHL (Mr. Hanratty) is a dynamic actor, writer, and producer best known for his leading turn as Wayne Lyon in FX’s FARGO Season 5 (opposite Juno Temple, Jon Hamm, and Jennifer Jason Leigh), and most recently for his role as Arthur Sylvia in Noah Hawley’s ALIEN: EARTH for FX / FX on Hulu, which premiered August 12, 2025. His television credits also include Netflix’s BLACK MIRROR Season 6 episode “MAZEY DAY.” On the feature side, David starred in Hulu’s NO EXIT (2022), appeared in OPPENHEIMER (2023), and was featured in the Sundance breakout NINE DAYS (2020). 

MICHAEL RISPOLI (Mr. Assalone) is a graduate and proud alumni of the Circle in the Square Theatre School, '82-'84. He has many credits in film and television and theatre, but considers the stage as his first love. He is very happy to be back here at Circle, and is honored to be a part of the Tracy Letts Play Festival.

EMMA TRACY MOORE (Ms. Matz) was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, and began performing at the age of five. She's a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School (NYC) and Randolph College for the Performing Arts (Toronto). Some acting credits include Mom Tiger in the national tour of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live: King for a Day!, Anytown (George Street Playhouse), Black & Blue (FringeNYC), Can Do Duck (Lynn Redgrave Theater), various works with Animus Theatre Company, and numerous regional musical productions.

JEFFREY DEMUNN (Mr. Oldfield) trained at the Bristol Old Vic and then came to NY in 1971 and has enjoyed many years of theatre, television, radio and film.

KEVIN KILNER (Mr. Carp) is a 30 plus year veteran of stage and screen, who can be seen in everything from Happyish and Madam Secretary to Almost Perfect and Earth: Final Conflict. ​​On Broadway,  he was a part of the 50th Anniversary production of The Glass Menagerie with Julie Harris, Calista Flockhart, and Zeljko Ivanek. Off Broadway, he was in the original cast of Donald Margulies’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner With Friends at the Variety Arts Theatre and Lemon Sky at the Clurman Theatre.  Regional credits include Admissions at Studio Theatre, Other Desert Cities at Bucks County Playhouse, Time Stands Still at the Adobe Rose Theatre, and The Christians at The Denver Center.  

“The Minutes” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com 

The world premiere of THE MINUTES was produced and presented at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL; Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director and David Schmitz, Executive Director. 

“Linda Vista” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com 

The world premiere of LINDA VISTA was produced and presented at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL; Anna Shapiro, Artistic Director and David Schmitz, Executive Director. 

“Killer Joe” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com 

“Man from Nebraska” is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service imprint. (www.dramatists.com)

MAN FROM NEBRASKA was presented as a world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago; Martha Lavey, Artistic Director; David Hawkanson, Executive Director.

“August: Osage County” is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service imprint. (www.dramatists.com)

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY premiered in June 2007 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, IL, Martha Lavey, Artistic Director; David Hawkanson, Executive Director.

Steppenwolf’s production of August: Osage County opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on December 4, 2007.  It was produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Ostar Productions, Jennifer Manocherian, The Weinstein Company, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Ronald & Marc Frankel/Barbara Freitag, and Rick Steiner/Staton Bell Group.

“Lay Down Sally”
(Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy and George E. Terry)
C (Renewed) Throat Music Ltd (PRS)
and Eric Patrick Clapton (PRS)

All Rights on behalf of Throat Music Ltd and Eric Patrick Clapton administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

All Rights on behalf of Throat Music Ltd administered by WB Music Corp.

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Original Music by David Singer

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LINDA VISTA

Directed by JEANNE SLATER

LINDA VISTA

Directed by JEANNE SLATER

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