FHSU University Relations

Actor and author Rainn Wilson, best known for his role of Dwight Schrute on the TV show “The Office,” will present “SoulPancake: Chew on Life’s Big Questions” as a special event at Fort Hays State University. The lecture will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center on the campus of Fort Hays State University.

Wilson starred in the long-running NBC Emmy- and Screen-Actors-Guild-Award-winning series for Best Comedy, “The Office,” alongside Steve Carell, John Krasinski and Jenna Fisher. Over the years, he has endeared himself to millions and earned three Emmy nominations with his portrayal of Dwight Schrute, an eccentric paper salesman with an ego that knows no bounds and with dreams of becoming #2. On the popular TV show, Wilson’s character fervently tormented his colleagues in his own lovable, pathetic fashion.

In 2008, Rainn and two of his friends, Joshua Homnick and Devon Gundry, created the program SoulPancake to provide a space where people from all walks of life could discuss and question what it means to be human — a place to wrestle with the spiritual, philosophical and creative journey that is life. Today, SoulPancake spans multiple distribution channels, from the Web to print to video to live events. In 2010, the SoulPancake book, “SoulPancake: Chew on Life’s Big Questions,” was released with thought-provoking messages, bold questions and mind-bending art.

Tickets are available for purchase at the Memorial Union Student Service Center or by calling (785) 628-5306. Tickets for the general public are $10 per person; for FHSU faculty and staff they are $5 per person; for FHSU students they are free with a Tiger Card.