Wallace Shawn's plays include "The Fever," "The Designated Mourner," "Aunt Dan and Lemon," and most recently "Grasses of a Thousand Colours." He appears frequently on stage and television, and in many films including "My Dinner with Andre" and "Vanya on 42nd Street." His book Essays was published this fall.

Andy Zee is the spokesperson for Revolution Books, a photographer, and a writer for Revolution newspaper. In April 2009, Revolution published his piece, "In the Era of Obama: The Collapse of 'The Movement'; the Resistance and the Revolutionary Movement We Need."

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Friday, January 8, 2010, 7:30pm

Friends Meeting House
222 East 15th Street, New York, NY between 2nd & 3rd Aves. #4, 5, 6, N, R, Q to Union Square

Hear Wally Shawn read from his new book Essays:

On being a citizen of a country that can act with impunity . . .

On reading the morning newspaper . . .

On the quiet crushing of poor people . . .

On the feeling of being superior to others . . .

View Wally Shawn with Laura Flanders:

on GritTV

Hear Wally Shawn on WBAI with Janet Coleman

An hour with playwright and actor Wallace Shawn. With readings from his book of Essays and musical excerpts from The Music Teacher, an opera produced by The New Group with libretto by Shawn and music by his brother Allen Shawn. Hosted by Janet Coleman on Sunday, November 15, 2009.