As a writer and political leader, Havel advocated using truth and love to combat oppression. He went from being a dissident in prison to negotiating the end of communism in Czechoslovakia in the Velvet Revolution. He served as president of Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic. Through he died in December 2011, his work and legacy continue to inspire. The evening will feature remarks by Curry and Saum, as well as stage readings of Havel’s plays The Memorandum, the absurd drama that catapulted him to fame, and Leaving, his last work about a president exiting the political stage.