PROOF - Mainstage, Play
By David Auburn
Winner of the 2001 Tony Award® for Best Play and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
MAINSTAGE DRAMA
RATING: PG-13+
Audience advisory: Play covers heavy emotional topics dealing with mental illness, grief, and the pressure of academic achievement.
RUNTIME: 150 minutes. + 15 Minute Intermission
ADMISSION: $26+ fees
PROOF is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (dramatists.com)
PERFORMANCES:
Friday, May 9, 2025 7:30pm
Saturday, May 10, 2025 7:30pm
Sunday, May 11, 2025 2:00pm
Thursday, May 15, 2025 7:30pm
Friday, May 16, 2025 7:30pm
Saturday, May 17, 2025 7:30pm
Sunday, May 18, 2025 2:00pm
Thursday, May 22, 2025 7:30pm
Friday, May 23, 2025 7:30pm
ABOUT THE SHOW:
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father’s madness—or genius—will she inherit?
REVIEWS:
“When we think of the great American playwrights, we think of Arthur Miller and Eugene O’Neill and Lillian Hellman, in earlier generations; Wendy Wasserstein and Tony Kushner, Jon Robin Baitz and Donald Margulies today: They are always writing about big ideas and wrapping them in family squabbles that get us where we live. Welcome David Auburn to the club.” —New York Magazine.
“…combines elements of mystery and surprise with old-fashioned storytelling to provide a compelling evening of theatre…[PROOF is a] smart and compassionate play of ideas.” New York Daily News.
“PROOF surprises us with its aliveness…Mr. Auburn takes pleasure in knowledge…At the same time, he is unshowily fresh and humane, and he has written a lovely play.” —New York Observer.
“[A] wonderfully funny…ambitiously constructed work…” —Variety.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director - Naomi Tiefel
Stage Manager - Angie Rodenkirch
Production Manager - Breanne Brennan
Costume Design - Beck Men
CAST LIST
ROBERT - Michael Chobanoff
CATHERINE - Anna Gumberg
HAL - Keenan Ellis
CLAIRE - Ariel Korducki