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.
LINDA VISTA
Directed by JEANNE SLATER
THOMAS SADOSKI (Wheeler) is an award-winning stage and screen actor and human rights activist. A 25 year veteran of the theatre he most recently starred in the widely acclaimed revival of Alice Chldress’ WEDDING BAND at TFANA and the celebrated world premiere of Suzan Lori-Parks’ WHITE NOISE at The Public. His Broadway credits include OTHER DESERT CITIES (Lortel & Obie awards), REASONS TO BE PRETTY (Tony Award nomination and 3 additional nominations) , THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES and RECKLESS. His off-Broadway credits include THIS IS OUR YOUTH, BECKY SHAW (Lortel Award nomination), WHERE WE’RE BORN and many others.
JOSH SEGARRA (Paul) is a dynamic and undeniable presence whose talents as an actor on screen and stage are quickly establishing him as the next big thing. Josh can currently be seen starring in the new Netflix limited series “Sirens”, alongside Meghann Fahy, Julianne Moore, and Kevin Bacon. Segarra plays “Raymond”, the proud manager of a restaurant franchise in Buffalo, New York, and the longtime, on-again, off-again toxic boyfriend of Devon (Fahy). Josh also stars in the award-winning ABC series “Abbott Elementary.” Appearing alongside Quinta Brunson, Segarra plays “Manny,” an employee of the school district. Additionally, Josh can be seen in “Friendship”, starring alongside Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson, as well as in the feature film “The Threesome”, which premiered at the 2025 South by Southwest Film Festival and stars Zoey Deutch.
BRAD LEMONS (Michael) is a theatre director and fight director, most recently having directed Kate Hamill's Dracula. His work has been seen on and off Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, and numerous regional theaters. He is currently on faculty at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and Circle in the Square Theatre School. He is the president of the American Association of Fight Directors.
KAREN SOURS ALBISUA (Anita) is thrilled to be back with Animus celebrating Tracy Letts’ work while honoring Alan Langdon, her friend and mentor. Some of her favorite theater credits include: The Giant Void in My Soul (by Bernardo Cubria, Dir Felix Solis - Ovation Nominee), She Like Girls (by Chisa Hutchinson - GLAAD Award), Tennessee Williams Shorts (Dir Matthew Lillard), The Seagull (Dir Alan Langdon). TV: Vida (Starz), The Bridge (FX), The Chi (Showtime), The Equalizer (CBS).
LIBBY LEE (Minnie) is a Korean-American actor who was raised in Las Vegas and Seoul. She is currently an ensemble member at Drunk Shakespeare (Chicago), and a recent graduate of the Northwestern Acting MFA. She is also a proud alumnus of Circle in the Square Theatre School. Before acting, she majored in Industrial Design at Seoul National University and designed kitchens for two years. Selected credits: CHICAGO MED, Lady Macbeth in DRUNK MACBETH, Juliet in DRUNK ROMEO & JULIET, Then Jane in THE OREGON TRAIL, Rose Mundy in DANCING AT LUGHNASA, Estelle in NO EXIT. Find out more at www.libbylee.net.
TERRA MACKINTOSH (Margaret) is an award-winning actress, producer, and writer. She's appeared on television (Apple TV+, Netflix, HBO, NBC, CBS), in multiple independent films, and theatre across NYC. She co-wrote and produced BEST SUMMER EVER, the first feature made with an integrated cast and crew of people with and without disabilities (SXSW 2020 Final Draft Screenwriters Award). She produced “What’s Done is Done,” the first music video to star actors with down syndrome (SXSW 2022). Most recently, she was the on-set acting coach for the lead actress in the feature TAKE ME HOME (Sundance, Berlinale, Tribeca 2026). Her play CREPE GROUP is receiving a staged reading in March. www.terramackintosh.com.
BEANIE FELDSTEIN (Jules) loves Tracy Letts.
KILLER JOE
Directed by MARK ARMSTRONG
ADAM LANGDON (Chris Smith) Upcoming: Red Bull Theater’s production of Titus Andronicus. Broadway Tour: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Helen Hayes Nomination). Off-Broadway: The New Englanders (MTC), Timon of Athens (TFNA/STC). Regional: The Book Club Play (Cincinnati Playhouse), Trouble in Mind (Hartford Stage), Kimberly Akimbo (Barrington), I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile (BTG), Hapgood, Robin Hood (Williamstown). Film/TV: “Grey’s Anatomy”, “FBI: Most Wanted” “Prodigal Son”, Midnight, Texas”, “The Good Wife”, “Masters of Doom”, “Red Oaks”, “The Path”, “Difficult People”, “Moe and Jerryweather”. Education: Juilliard.
LILY RABE (Sharla Smith) Broadway: The Merchant of Venice (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award nominations; dir. Dan Sullivan), Seminar (dir. Sam Gold), The American Plan, Heartbreak House (Outer Critics Circle nomination, Callaway award), Steel Magnolias (Drama Desk nomination). Off-Broadway: Ghosts(Cullman Award recipient, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, and Drama League award nominations; dir. Jack O’Brien), Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Jack O’Brien); The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Cymbeline (dir. Dan Sullivan) all at The Public Theatre, A Doll’s House (Williamstown Theatre Festival; dir. Sam Gold), Crimes of the Heart (Roundabout, Williamstown Theatre Festival), Colder Than Here (MCC) among others. Film/TV credits include A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, The Great Lillian Hall, Miss Stevens (SXSW Best Actress Award), The Tender Bar, Pawn Sacrifice, Vice, Downtown Owl, Shrinking, Presumed Innocent, American Horror Story (Critics Choice nomination), Love & Death, The Undoing, Tell Me Your Secrets, The Underground Railroad, The First Lady. Upcoming: Capsized.
HAMISH LINKLATER (Ansel Smith) is an actor, writer, director, and producer known for his work on the stage, television, and film. His theater credits include GHOSTS, CYMBELINE, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, MERCHANT OF VENICE, COMEDY OF ERRORS, TWELFTH NIGHT (Shakespeare in the Park) and has earned Drama Desk, Lortel, Outer Critic's Circle nominations, as well as an Obie award. He is currently starring in the off-Broadway production THE DISAPPEAR from writer and director Erica Schmidt. Recently, Linklater received critical acclaim for his season long role in Amazon's GEN V (Season 2). Linklater’s other television and film credits include NICKEL BOYS, THE BIG SHORT, MIDNIGHT MASS (which he was nominated for a Critics Choice Award), MANHUNT, FARGO, NEWSROOM and GASLIGHT. As a playwright he is the author of PARIS, ACTORS! (Williamstown), THE WHIRLIGIG (New Group), and THE VANDAL (The Flea). Linklater and Lily Rabe's co-directorial feature debut DOWNTOWN OWL premiered at Tribeca in 2023 (Sony, Netflix).
SILVIA DIONICIO (Dottie Smith) is a critically acclaimed stage and screen actress from the Dominican Republic. She has been praised for her work on stage, including Queen of Basel at TheaterWorks, for which she received a Critics Circle Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) at La Jolla Playhouse and Off-Broadway. Most recently, Dionicio starred in Brad Ingelsby’s award-nominated HBO series TASK, portraying Mark Ruffalo’s foster daughter. Her additional television credits include Chicago P.D., FBI: Most Wanted, and Wu-Tang: An American Saga.
ERIC WILLIAM MORRIS (Killer Joe Cooper) Broadway: King Kong, Coram Boy, Mamma Mia! Eric frequently collaborates with writer Joe Iconis, starring in Be More Chill (Original Cast Recording, Two River Theatre) …Hunter S Thompson Musical (Signature) Things to Ruin (OCR, 2nd Stage) and Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova). TV/Film Include: ““Fleishman is in Trouble’, “I Know What You Did Last Summer”, “Only Murders In The Building”, “Mind Hunter”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, and the recent feature film Pinball (Hulu). Selected Theatre: Michael R Jackson’s White Girl In Danger (2nd Stage/Vineyard), Cellino V Barnes (Asylum NYC) Richard Greenberg’s The Perplexed (MTC) Songbird (59E59, Two River), Eric’s album of original rock music, Do You Understand? is available on all streaming platforms. ANIMUS theatre company member. @theericwmorris
MAN FROM NEBRASKA
Directed by BENITA DE WIT
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Directed by ERIC TUCKER
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“Lay Down Sally”
(Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy and George E. Terry)
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Original Music by David Singer
“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.
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“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.
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“Killer Joe” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
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“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.
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“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.