The Guys

Anne Nelson is an author and a playwright, and teaches at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship and the 1989 Livingston Award for international reporting. Her books and articles have been published widely, and her play The Guys has been staged throughout the world. As a war correspondent in El Salvador and Guatemala from 1980 to 1983, Nelson published reports and photography in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. She is a graduate of Yale University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

A multiple Tony, Emmy, Obie, and Drama Desk Award winner, Swoosie Kurtz is a Broadway icon whose work also includes big screen blockbusters like Liar, Liar and Dangerous Liaisons; indie favorites like Citizen Ruth, True Stories, and Cruel Intentions; and beloved TV hits Sisters, Pushing Daisies, and Mike & Molly. Her distinctive name comes from The Swoose, the famed B-17 bomber flown by her father, Col. Frank Kurtz, the most decorated Air Force pilot of World War II.

Bill Irwin studied acting and graduated in theatre arts from Oberlin College, in Ohio, and from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Clown College, in Florida. Bill Irwin began his film career in 1980 and earned film credits in more than 20 movies. He’s also Tony Award–winning actor, having performed many times on Broadway. He most recently narrated Hardy Boys #7: The Secret of the Caves.

Anne Nelson is an author and a playwright, and teaches at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship and the 1989 Livingston Award for international reporting. Her books and articles have been published widely, and her play The Guys has been staged throughout the world. As a war correspondent in El Salvador and Guatemala from 1980 to 1983, Nelson published reports and photography in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. She is a graduate of Yale University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

A multiple Tony, Emmy, Obie, and Drama Desk Award winner, Swoosie Kurtz is a Broadway icon whose work also includes big screen blockbusters like Liar, Liar and Dangerous Liaisons; indie favorites like Citizen Ruth, True Stories, and Cruel Intentions; and beloved TV hits Sisters, Pushing Daisies, and Mike & Molly. Her distinctive name comes from The Swoose, the famed B-17 bomber flown by her father, Col. Frank Kurtz, the most decorated Air Force pilot of World War II.

Bill Irwin studied acting and graduated in theatre arts from Oberlin College, in Ohio, and from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Clown College, in Florida. Bill Irwin began his film career in 1980 and earned film credits in more than 20 movies. He’s also Tony Award–winning actor, having performed many times on Broadway. He most recently narrated Hardy Boys #7: The Secret of the Caves.

Anne Nelson is an author and a playwright, and teaches at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship and the 1989 Livingston Award for international reporting. Her books and articles have been published widely, and her play The Guys has been staged throughout the world. As a war correspondent in El Salvador and Guatemala from 1980 to 1983, Nelson published reports and photography in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. She is a graduate of Yale University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

A multiple Tony, Emmy, Obie, and Drama Desk Award winner, Swoosie Kurtz is a Broadway icon whose work also includes big screen blockbusters like Liar, Liar and Dangerous Liaisons; indie favorites like Citizen Ruth, True Stories, and Cruel Intentions; and beloved TV hits Sisters, Pushing Daisies, and Mike & Molly. Her distinctive name comes from The Swoose, the famed B-17 bomber flown by her father, Col. Frank Kurtz, the most decorated Air Force pilot of World War II.

Bill Irwin studied acting and graduated in theatre arts from Oberlin College, in Ohio, and from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Clown College, in Florida. Bill Irwin began his film career in 1980 and earned film credits in more than 20 movies. He’s also Tony Award–winning actor, having performed many times on Broadway. He most recently narrated Hardy Boys #7: The Secret of the Caves.