Jesse Eisenberg is an actor and the author of the plays Asuncion and The Revisionist (which starred Vanessa Redgrave) and The Spoils and Happy Talk (which starred Susan Sarandon), both through The New Group. He is also a contributing writer to McSweeney’s and The New Yorker and author of the books Bream Gives Me Hiccups and the forthcoming, When You Finish Saving The World.