Halan exstudent of catherines late father who was a brilliant mathematician with a receding mind, has found a very important proof that would revolutionize the world of mathematics in catherines. Catherine gave up her life and schooling to take care of her father until his recent death. Woman taking care of his exgeniusnuts father comedic monologues, filmmaking. David auburn s play proof premiered at the manhattan theatre club in may 2000, and opened at broadways walter kerr theatre on october 24, 2000. He is best known for his 2000 play proof, which won the 2001 tony award for. Catherine, the twentysomething daughter of an esteemed mathematician, has just laid her father to rest. Catherines monologue from david auburns play, proof proof by david auburn. Its both exhilarating and a bit frightening when you turn your script over to the director and the actors who will try to make it live. Near the end of act i, scene 1, hal reads catherine a note from one of roberts journals. One of the most acclaimed plays of the 19992000 season, proof is a work that explores the unknowability of. Proof by david auburn premiered on broadway in october 2000.
Oct 20, 20 on saturday september 14th, 20, i saw a performance of david auburns proof the 2001 winner of the pulitzer prize for drama and tony award for best play by raleigh playhouse and theatre in corroboration with treehouse arts ensemble. He died after suffering from a prolonged mental illness. David auburn born november 30, 1969 is an american playwright, screenwriter, and theatre director. Proof script transcript from the screenplay andor gwyneth. Joan a dolls house by henrik ibsen nora tigers be still by kim rosenstock various 4000 miles by amy herzog. This is natasha krishnan proof by david auburn monologue slam online may 11th, 2020 by natasha krishnan on vimeo, the home for high quality videos. Proof by david auburn casting call sylver spoon theater. Auburn contrasts the instability of life with the unwavering permanency of. It focuses on catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her. He is best known for his 2000 play proof, which won the 2001 tony award for best play and pulitzer prize for drama. Jan 14, 2020 proof by david auburn premiered on broadway in october 2000. David auburns play proof premiered at the manhattan theatre club in may 2000, and opened at broadways walter kerr theatre on october 24, 2000. Proof is a 2000 play by the american playwright david auburn.
The play won the 2001 pulitzer prize for drama and the tony award for. He is the recipient of the guggenheim foundation grant, helen merrill playwrighting award, and joseph kesselring prize for drama. Her fathers brilliance dissolved into lunacy not long after a mathematical discovery that made him famous. Proof by david auburn thesis reconciliation in the play only follows the presence of trust, rather than conclusive evidence. This is david auburnproof monologue catherine by marjorie cabrera on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. Suspicious, catherine accuses hal of taking one of the notebooks from the house. Halan exstudent of catherines late father who was a brilliant mathematician with a receding mind, has found a very important proof that would revolutionize the world of mathematics in catherines fathers study. In the wake of his death, catherine grapples with what she may or may not have inheritedfrom brilliance to madness.
Catherine and hal disregard their previous assumptions about each other. Auburn contrasts the instability of life with the unwavering permanency of mathematics. Oct 28, 2015 catherines monologue from david auburn s play, proof proof by david auburn. Catherine a 25 year old woman who inherited much of her fathers mathematical genius, and, she fears, his instability as well. Catherine says that she wrote the proof herself, but. Proof was developed at george street playhouse in new brunswick, new jersey, during the 1999 next stage series of new plays. Young david auburn succumbed one hopes merely because of his immaturity to the romantic and popular notion. Proof is the winner of the 2001 pulitzer prize for drama. However, there is only one in proof and it is the one delivered by robert.
Proof by david auburn 9780822217824 paperback barnes. He was the screenwriter for the movie version of proof in 2005, as well as for the movie the lake house in 2006, starring keanu reeves and sandra bullock. The play is an intriguing story about family, truth, gender, and mental health, set in the context of academic mathematics. Proof is a play youll remember and which will haunt you forever. David auburn left sat down for a conversation with court theatres artistic director charles newell to talk about the creative process for his tony award and pulitzer prizewinning play, proof. Monologue from proof by david auburn sofia weinberg. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of proof. The play premiered offbroadway in may 2000 and transferred to broadway in october 2000. In order to find the exact time of action, auburn requires the reader to investigate the script more closely. Proof by david auburn catherine i ought to be in pictures by neil simon libby dream girl by elmer rice georgina the crucible by arthur miller abigail our town by thornton wilder emily st. Proof after spending some time going through catherines fathers notebooks, she and hal discuss her father and how much more there is to be done.
Its an intense drama that theatres around the world have continually produced because it addresses issues of family, identity, and purpose with frightening honesty. Catherine has spent years taking care of her father, a famous mathematician. The play is an intriguing story about family, truth, gender, and mental health, set in. Wimberley players, wimberley playhouse, 450 old kyle rd. Published on oct 22, 2018 my contemporary monologue for college auditions. Daily actor monologues acting tips become an actor services proof by david auburn catherine. The character is referring to the creative powers of his mind, but he might as well be referring to david auburn s pulitzer prizewinning drama, which unfolds with the precision of a welloiled. Catherines monologue from david auburns play, proof stay safe and healthy. There are four months of cold, and four of heat, leaving four months of indeterminate temperature. Stay connected to your students with prezi video, now in microsoft teams. Along with his short plays and proof, auburn is best known as the author of skyscraper, a darkly comedic play that ran offbroadway in 1997. David auburns proof won the pulitzer prize for drama in 2001. Natasha krishnan proof by david auburn monologue slam. David auburn wrote proof in 2000, though his play is set in the present.
Catherine a 25 year old woman who inherited much of her fathers. On saturday september 14th, 20, i saw a performance of david auburns proof the 2001 winner of the pulitzer prize for drama and tony award for best play by raleigh playhouse and theatre in corroboration with treehouse arts ensemble. One of the most acclaimed plays of the 19992000 season, proof is a work that explores the unknowability of love as much as it does the mysteries of science. Includes young adult, adult, mature adult characters. The character is referring to the creative powers of his mind, but he might as well be referring to david auburns pulitzer prizewinning drama, which unfolds with the precision of a welloiled. This monologue lies just before the end of the play. Selected monologues from proof including video examples, context and character information. Proof is the story of an enigmatic young woman, catherine, her manipulative sister, their brilliant father, and an. It centers on the character of catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her father, a oncegreat mathematician now stricken with mental illness.
In a play we very often find soliloquies monologues. Auburn returns to hyde park for proof the university of. Proof is a 2005 film about catherine, a mathematician who allows hal, a phd student, to go through her recently deceased fathers papers, a fields medal winner who had gone insane. Catherines monologue from david auburns play, proof. Educational material proof by david auburn proof is a pulitzer prize and tony award winning family drama that explores the relationship between brilliance and madness. Monologues are presented on stageagent for educational purposes only. Auburn was on campus for the opening of the reva and david logan center for the arts in october 2012. Robert, her father, had once been a gifted, groundbreaking professor. Mathematics and madness in proof at merrimack rep the. Catherine from proof by david auburn monologue search. Jan 11, 2016 catherines monologue from david auburns play, proof. Catherine says that she wrote the proof herself, but hal and her sister claire did not believe she could have.
The months of cold equal november through february. Catherines monologue from david auburn s play, proof stay safe and healthy. The role of harold dobbs hal in david auburns proof a. Finally, the proof script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the gwyneth paltrow movie based on the david auburn play. By david auburn proof tells the story of catherine, the brilliant, mathminded daughter of an even more brilliant mathematician robert. Casting skilled actors for proof by david auburn, an award winning drama.