Rainn Wilson is currently starring in a Los Angeles production of the classic play Waiting for Godot and he’s explaining the show’s significance to his life.

The former The Office actor is starring alongside Evil‘s Aasif Mandvi in the Geffen Playhouse’s production. They celebrated opening night on Thursday (November 14) and posed on the red carpet alongside co-stars Jack McSherry, Lincoln Bonilla, Adam Stein and Conor Lovett.

Also at opening night were director Judy Hegarty Lovett, Geffen artistic director Tarell Alvin McCraney, and Geffen CEO/Executive Director Gil Cates Jr.

In an interview with THR, Rainn talked about the first time he encountered the play.

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Rainn revealed he did a scene for the play while studying at University of Washington. He performed the scene with then-classmates Holiday Reinhorn, who is now his wife.

“It’s always held a special place in my heart,...