Proof

One of the most acclaimed plays of the 1999/2000 season, David Auburn’s Proof has earned him the Kesselring Prize and the Pulitzer Prize.

Using skillful dialogue and intricate structure, Auburn examines the mysteries of love and science. The story focuses on twenty-five-year-old Catherine, who has spent years caring for her mathematically brilliant but unstable father. Upon his death, Catherine must deal with her imposing sister, a former student of her father’s who is falling in love with her, and her personal misgivings about her own genius and mental stability. How much of her father’s madness and genius did she inherit? When a valuable mathematical proof is found amidst her father’s years of nonsensical scribbling, Catherine claims it is her work, not her father’s. Where is the proof that it is hers? And what proof is there that Catherine will not follow in her father’s footsteps? Rita Giomi directs.