Minerva's first production of the new millennium was the highly appropriate On the Verge starring (L to R) Christy English, Belinda Bizic and Alisa Harris.
Maggie Klekas and Barbara Weetman starred in the critically acclaimed The Beauty Queen of Leenane staged at Thalian Hall in July, 2000. The play was directed by Lee Lowrimore. Critic Catherine Bayley of the Star News called it "the best play of the season."