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Proof - Touring 11-12

By David Auburn
Bernard Havard, Producing Artistic Director

In February/March of 2012, the Walnut Street Theatre tours Proof, a remarkable and luminous play about fathers and daughters, genius and insanity, legacy and truth. Everyone has parents and everyone aspires to be like them in some way. But what happens when there’s a distinct possibility that we may inherit their talent -- and their madness?

Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, Proof tells the story of Catherine, a young woman who has sacrificed college so that she could take care of her brilliant, yet mentally ill, father. One of his former students, Hal, comes to visit in search of more proof of his math professor’s genius. He finds romance with the remote and introspective Catherine and, when her father dies, an astonishing mathematical ‘proof’ is discovered. Is the proof real? Who is the author? Will Catherine find her way in life, or will she continue to be haunted by her father’s past and by the shadow of her own future? There is Proof of the delicate nature of genius in this compelling and tautly beautiful play. This graceful, clever and often funny play is a delightful romance, a drama of finely-splintered family dynamics and a mystery about the true nature of genius. Proof was also made into a well regarded film starring Anthony Hopkins and Gwyneth Paltrow.