Network Theatre Company presents:
Proof
By David Auburn, directed by Julia Papp
Catherine has sacrificed her education and social life to care for her brilliant but unstable father during the worst of his mental degeneration.
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday Catherine must deal not only with the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire, but also with the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks of Robert’s. As Catherine confronts Hal’s affections and Claire’s plans for her life, she struggles to solve the most perplexing problem of all: How much of her father’s madness or genius will she inherit?
Proof explores the unknowability of love, the elusive nature of truth and the fine line between genius and mental illness.
David Auburn won The Pulitzer Prize and 2001 Tony Award for Best Play for Proof.
“Proof is…a play about scientists whose science matters less than their humanity…All four characters-whether loving, hating, encouraging or impeding one another – are intensely alive, complex, funny, human.” – John Simon, New York Times about the play
An amateur production in arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd