13 Top theatre books like The Minutes by Tracy Letts

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The Minutes

By: Tracy Letts

4.06

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Beneath the deadpan back-and-forth of a seemingly typical city council board meeting lies the whiff…

If you liked the theatre plot in The Minutes by Tracy Letts , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Edward Albee

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more

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  • plays
"Honey: I know these people ..."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Cover of Constellations by Nick Payne

2. Constellations

By: Nick Payne

4.07

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

One relationship. Infinite possibilities. 'Let's go for a drink. I don't know what I'm doing here a… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of Sweat by Lynn Nottage

3. Sweat

By: Lynn Nottage

4.06

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In one of the poorest cities in America, Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of down-and-out factory wor… read more

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  • plays
Cover of The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman, Tectonic Theater Project

4. The Laramie Project

By: Moisés Kaufman , Tectonic Theater Project

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For a year and a half following the murder of Matthew Shepard, Moises Kaufman and his Tectonic Thea… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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5. Kimberly Akimbo

By: David Lindsay-Abaire

3.26

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire's Ki… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays

6. Outside Mullingar

By: John Patrick Shanley

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

"In the work of John Patrick Shanley, the truth is as charming as it is painful, reality as touched… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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7. Richard III

By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays

8. Rabbit Hole

By: David Lindsay-Abaire

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

"David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that's not just a departure but a revelation--an intensel… read more

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9. Spring's Awakening

By: Eric Bentley , Frank Wedekind

4.03

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Spring's Awakening is a tragi-comedy of teenage sex. Its fourteen-year-old heroine, Wendla, is kill… read more

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10. Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama

By: David Mamet

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

The purpose of theater, like magic like religion...ids to inspire cleansing awe. With bracing direc… read more

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11. Next to Normal

By: None , None

4.19

Format: 45 pages, Paperback

"A brave and breathtaking musical."--The New York Times read more

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12. Rapture, Blister, Burn

By: Gina Gionfriddo

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Women are running for president. Men are exfoliating. It's all jumbled: you can't read the signs. C… read more

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13. Fat Ham

By: James Ijames

4.06

Format: None pages, None

No publication details yet read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench

14. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By: Judi Dench

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more

Similar categories in Judi Dench's Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent book and Tracy Letts's The Minutes

  • theatre
  • plays
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Cover of Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Philip Gefter

15. Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Philip Gefter

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbrea… read more

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  • theatre
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16. This Is the Honey

By: Kwame Alexander

4.47

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising… read more

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17. The Minutes

By: Tracy Letts

4.06

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Beneath the deadpan back-and-forth of a seemingly typical city council board meeting lies the whiff… read more

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  • plays
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18. English

By: Sanaz Toossi

4.53

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Winner! 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Drama Winner! 2023 Obie Award for Best New American Play It's 2008,… read more

Similar categories in Sanaz Toossi's English book and Tracy Letts's The Minutes

  • plays
Cover of Infinite Life by Annie Baker

19. Infinite Life

By: Annie Baker

4.20

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

'I said no one should ever try to recreate this. This is agony in its purest form.' Five women i… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays

20. Birthday Candles

By: Noah Haidle

4.20

Format: 105 pages, None

Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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21. Birthright

By: George Abraham

4.55

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Birthright is a book that balances the weight of place. The pride and shame and worth of homeland. … read more

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Edward Albee

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Nick Payne

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Caryl Churchill

3.58

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge

3.95

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Suzan-Lori Parks

4.11

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Paula Vogel

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