And so yes, well, I'd simply dropped that whole idea of being a good person, I'd dropped it right down into some hole in the street, and down it had gone into the city's sewers, and no one ever saw it again. And that was sad, if you thought it was sad, or I suppose it was sad, or some people probably would say it was sad. Wallace Shawn's first new play since 2015 will be staged in rep with a revival of The Fever at an Off-Broadway theatre in January 2026.