NCC's "The Minutes" a devastating comedy
“The Minutes” is an unsettling and ultimately devastating indictment of American politics as seen through the eyes of a small-town council meeting.
Northampton Community College Department of Theatre has skillfullly mined the satire written by Tracy Letts, for both the laughs and the unexpected horror in its production through Oct. 27 at Lipkin Theater, Northampton Community College, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem Township.
That this benign seeming collection of barely-paying-attention council members devolves through the play’s swift 90 minutes to a denouement reminiscent of “Lord of the Flies,” leaves audience members shocked and shaken as decorum gives way to tribalism.