Event Program
Wrong Answers Only
WRONG ANSWERS ONLY
THUR, SEP 19
Produced in collaboration with LabX.
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The Artists
Wyatt Cenac
Wyatt Cenac is an Emmy Award–winning comedian, actor, producer, and writer known for the HBO late-night comedy docuseries Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas. Additional credits include aka Wyatt Cenac, People of Earth, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He's made four comedy albums: Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person, the Grammy-nominated Brooklyn, Furry Dumb Fighter, and One Angry Night in November, and hosted the televised stand-up variety series Night Train with Wyatt Cenac. He started his career in animation as a writer for Mike Judge's King of the Hill, and he has served as a consultant for South Park. Every now and again he pops up in a film, most notably Barry Jenkins’ Medicine for Melancholy.
Wyatt Cenac is an Emmy Award–winning comedian, actor, producer, and writer known for the HBO late-night comedy docuseries Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas. Additional credits include aka Wyatt Cenac, People of Earth, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He's made four comedy albums: Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person, the Grammy-nominated Brooklyn, Furry Dumb Fighter, and One Angry Night in November, and hosted the televised stand-up variety series Night Train with Wyatt Cenac. He started his career in animation as a writer for Mike Judge's King of the Hill, and he has served as a consultant for South Park. Every now and again he pops up in a film, most notably Barry Jenkins’ Medicine for Melancholy.
Chris Duffy
Chris Duffy is a comedian and the host of the podcast How to Be a Better Human from TED and PRX. He wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas on HBO and has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, NPR, National Geographic Explorer, and an episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire where he lost because he didn't know what NASCAR stood for. He is currently writing a nonfiction book about humor for Doubleday.
Chris Duffy is a comedian and the host of the podcast How to Be a Better Human from TED and PRX. He wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas on HBO and has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, NPR, National Geographic Explorer, and an episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire where he lost because he didn't know what NASCAR stood for. He is currently writing a nonfiction book about humor for Doubleday.
Michael Cruz Kayne
Michael Cruz Kayne is an award-winning (Peabody, WGA) and award-losing (Emmy, Drama Desk, and many more) comedian, actor, and writer. Among his credits are Severance, High Maintenance, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where he is currently a writer. His one-man show, Sorry For Your Loss, was named among the Best of Audible and recommended by The New York Times. He is Filipino and Jewish and has a lovely family and eczema.
Michael Cruz Kayne is an award-winning (Peabody, WGA) and award-losing (Emmy, Drama Desk, and many more) comedian, actor, and writer. Among his credits are Severance, High Maintenance, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where he is currently a writer. His one-man show, Sorry For Your Loss, was named among the Best of Audible and recommended by The New York Times. He is Filipino and Jewish and has a lovely family and eczema.
Rebecca Wright
Rebecca Wright is a professor of computer science at Barnard College, where she studies data science and cybersecurity. Rebecca’s work includes research on the security of voter registration databases and Facebook user data privacy.
Ziwe
Ziwe is an American comedian and writer known for her satirical commentary. In 2017, she created the YouTube comedy show Baited with Ziwe and its 2020 Instagram Live iteration. Ziwe starred in and executive produced the Showtime variety series Ziwe, and in 2023 published a collection of essays called Black Friend.
Ziwe is an American comedian and writer known for her satirical commentary. In 2017, she created the YouTube comedy show Baited with Ziwe and its 2020 Instagram Live iteration. Ziwe starred in and executive produced the Showtime variety series Ziwe, and in 2023 published a collection of essays called Black Friend.
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LabX is a public engagement testbed at the National Academy of Sciences that boldly experiments with a variety of creative—sometimes even unorthodox—approaches designed to reach diverse audiences. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars. Established by an Act of Congress, signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, the NAS is charged with providing independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology.
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Susan Bay Nimoy, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Michael Tuch Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America.
This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Artistic Director (1990-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski Literary Assistant
Leigh Reid Literary Intern
Mia Testa Literary Intern
*in memoriam
