Prairie Dog

A witty, cerebral communicator who thrives on words and ideas.

Wallace Shawn is a playwright, essayist, and character actor whose entire career is built around the power of language — from writing subversive plays like 'Aunt Dan and Lemon' to delivering iconic, quotable dialogue as Vizzini in 'The Princess Bride.' He is a sharp social observer with a distinctly intellectual wit, someone who processes and critiques the world through writing and performance rather than spectacle. His warm but cerebral public persona, community of fellow artists and thinkers, and lifelong commitment to ideas over celebrity make him a quintessential prairie-dog.