In this interview Lenka Kabrhelová speaks with Gail Merrifield Papp, a board member and former director of the New Work Development Public Theater in New York City and Carol Rocamora, an educator and playwright. Papp, whose husband worked closely with Vaclav Havel in their New York Theater, and Rocamora, who wrote a biography of Havel as a playwright and president, describe Havel as a unique and passionate being who managed to become a unique and moving force in the artistic and political world.