Proof by David Auburn, the first of this year’s two spring plays, will be performed in the MS Drama Room (HCA136) on Thursday, February 22nd at 7:30, Friday, February 23rd at 8:15 and Saturday, February 24th at 7:30.
Auburn’s Pulitzer-Prize winning family drama tells the story of an enigmatic young woman, Catharine, her manipulative sister, their brilliant father, and an unexpected suitor. They are all pieces of a puzzle in the search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof.
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catharine has spent years caring for her 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?
Due to mature themes and language, this play is intended for Upper School Audiences only.