[NEohioPAL] Auditions for Proof at Twin Masks Performing Arts Center, March 8 and March 9

[Claudia Lillibridge]

Claudia Lillibridge <claudia at twinmasks.org>
Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 10:16 AM
to neohiopal
Twin Masks Performing Arts Center (TMPAC), located at 9076 Church Street in
Twinsburg, is proud to announce auditions for Proof, written by David
Auburn. Directed by Alex Nine. Performance Dates are May 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and
16.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Please use the
following link to sign up for an audition slot:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084DA5A62DA2FB6-auditions2
<https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084DA5A62DA2FB6-auditions2?fbclid=IwAR38cvuXGMvHZVqZyfC6Io4khTqZ9R5bFNnAB-mj4iR5-uQ-3tsoJjRff4c>

THE STORY: On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled
young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but 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?

Character Breakdown (AGES ARE APPROXIMATE)

Robert was a famous mathematician who has just died of a heart attack in
his fifties. He is already dead when the play begins, but he appears in the
first scene in Catherine's imagination and returns in two later scenes,
which flash back to earlier years. Robert was a mathematical genius. When
he was in his early twenties, he made major contributions to game theory,
algebraic geometry, and nonlinear operator theory. While he was still in
his twenties, Robert was afflicted by a serious mental illness, which
dogged the remainder of his life. He became so incapacitated that his
daughter Catherine had to stay at home to care for him. Robert had a deep
affection for Catherine.

Catherine is Robert's twenty-five-year-old daughter. A college dropout, she
has spent several years at home caring for her mentally ill father. Their
relationship, although sometimes antagonistic on the surface, was sustained
by strong mutual affection. Although she is a highly intelligent woman, she
has no direction in life. Catherine is worried that she may inherit her
father's illness, and the signs of mental instability are already there.

Claire is Catherine's twenty-nine-year-old efficient, practical, and
successful sister. Unlike Catherine, she has inherited none of her father's
erratic genius. Instead, she has made a career in New York as a currency
analyst. Claire and Catherine have never gotten along
well. Claire feels responsible for Catherine's welfare and wants her to
move to New York, but Catherine resents what she sees as Claire's
interference in her life.

Hal is a twenty-eight-year-old mathematician who teaches at the University
of Chicago. He also plays drums in a rock band made up of mathematicians.
Hal is a former student of Robert's, whom he admires immensely, not only
for the brilliance of his achievements in mathematics but because Robert
helped him through a bad patch in his doctoral studies. Hal first met
Catherine briefly four years earlier, and when he meets her again, he tries
to make friends with her, and quickly becomes romantically involved with
her.


Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play. "When we
think of the great American playwrights, we think of Arthur Miller and
Eugene O'Neill and Lillian Hellman, in earlier generations; Wendy
Wasserstein and Tony Kushner, Jon Robin Baitz and Donald Margulies today:
They are always writing about big ideas and wrapping them in family
squabbles that get us where we live. Welcome David Auburn to the club." —NY
Magazine. "…combines elements of mystery and surprise with old-fashioned
storytelling to provide a compelling evening of theatre…[PROOF is a] smart
and compassionate play of ideas." NY Daily News. "PROOF surprises us with
its aliveness…Mr. Auburn takes pleasure in knowledge…At the same time, he
is unshowily fresh and humane, and he has written a lovely play." —NY
Observer. "[A] wonderfully funny…ambitiously constructed work…" —Variety.

Proof is secured with rights granted by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

TMPAC is a registered 501c3 non profit entity and is a proud member of OCTA
and AACT.
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