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Grasses of a Thousand Colors is a disturbing and anomalously beautiful play that explores the role of human beings in nature and the role of nature in human beings, sexuality being as Wallace Shawn says, “nature’s most obvious footprint in the human soul.” The play’s central character is a doctor who believes he has solved world hunger when he figures out how to rejigger the metabolisms of animals to tolerate eating their own kind. This has unexpected consequences. The play tells a story about the doctor, his wife, and his lovers, that is also a story about human beings and animals and the planet we live on.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Dec. 1, 2013.

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About Grasses of a Thousand Colors

Grasses of a Thousand Colors is a disturbing and anomalously beautiful play that explores the role of human beings in nature and the role of nature in human beings, sexuality being as Wallace Shawn says, “nature’s most obvious footprint in the human soul.” The play’s central character is a doctor who believes he has solved world hunger when he figures out how to rejigger the metabolisms of animals to tolerate eating their own kind. This has unexpected consequences. The play tells a story about the doctor, his wife, and his lovers, that is also a story about human beings and animals and the planet we live on.

Grasses of a Thousand Colors, Starring Wallace Shawn & Julie Haggerty, Extends at the Public Theater
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Grasses of a Thousand Colors, Starring Wallace Shawn & Julie Haggerty, Extends at the Public Theater
Wallace Shawn's Grasses of a Thousand Colors Officially Opens at the Public
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Wallace Shawn's Grasses of a Thousand Colors Officially Opens at the Public
Tickets Now on Sale for Wallace Shawn's Grasses of a Thousand Colors, Starring Julie Hagerty & Jennifer Tilly
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Tickets Now on Sale for Wallace Shawn's Grasses of a Thousand Colors, Starring Julie Hagerty & Jennifer Tilly
Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory to Reunite for Two Plays at the Public Theater
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Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory to Reunite for Two Plays at the Public Theater
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