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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=5><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #54466f; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=6>Lakeland Theatre</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: #6000bf; FONT-SIZE: 22pt">David Auburn</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=6><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Monday, June 25 @ 7-8:30 pm </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Directed by</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #823857; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Martin Friedman</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'"><FONT size=3>The play, which opened in May, 2000, is fundamentally a mystery about the authorship of a particularly important proof, a mystery that is solved in the end; it is also, however, about the unravelable enigma of genius, and the toll it can take on those who are beset with it, aspire to it or merely live in its vicinity. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'"><FONT size=3>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 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?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; BACKGROUND: white; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #bf005f"><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>M</FONT></SPAN></B><B style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #bf005f; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">onday, June 25, 2012<SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"> 7:00pm till 8:30
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">All auditions will be held at </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #366388; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN id=yiv1293791876lw_1338904114_0 class=yiv1293791876yshortcuts>Lakeland Community College</SPAN>’s</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Performing Arts Center (PAC). <B>Sorry, no Equity contracts for this production</B>. No need to prepare a monologue. I will have you read directly from the script. Additional auditions and callbacks only as necessary; </SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ALL ROLES ARE COMPENSATED</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE:
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #6000bf; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Proof </SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #007f7f; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">will open on Friday, September 28 and run through October 14, 2012--Friday through Sunday.</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #007f7f; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Of course you will be compensated for all performances. <FONT size=5>Rehearsals will begin sometime in early to mid August.</FONT> Don't worry, we will work around vacation schedules. In regards to rehearsals, you will not be called for rehearsal unless needed as this play is easily broken down into two-character scenes. </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #00bf60; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">EACH CHARACTER IS WONDERFUL AND COMPELLINGLY DRAWN. SURELY EACH OF THESE ROLES WILL BE CHALLENGING AND FUN TO PLAY. A VERY THEATRICAL PIECE. </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #40007f; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 18pt" lang=EN>Catherine</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN>A young woman (mid to later twenties depending upon the age of the father) who inherited at least some of her father’s mathematical genius, and, she fears, his “instability” as well; she gave up life and schooling to care of her father until his recent death. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 18pt" lang=EN>Claire</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN> <SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN>Catherine's older sister, a no nonsense, take charge, kind of gal who left Robert and Catherine behind in the run down family home on the edge of the Chicago University campus where Robert taught to make a life for herself in New York City.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 18pt" lang=EN>Robert</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN> <SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN>A recently deceased mathematician who did brilliant, breakthrough, work in his youth, but whose later years were plagued by delusional mental illness; he is seen in Catherine's imagination and in flashbacks. Anywhere between the ages of mid to late 50’s to 75 years old.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 18pt" lang=EN>Harold (Hal) Dobbs</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN>One of Robert's last Ph.D. students during the one year his idol and mentor's illness went into remission, at least enabling Robert to teach, if not continue his own creative mathematical work. Hal is probably in his late 20’s to mid 30’s. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The aforementioned roles are great and demand great actors!</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #438059; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For more information please feel free to either email me, Martin Friedman, at </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #6000bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=martinfriedman98@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #438059">martinfriedman98@yahoo.com</SPAN></B></A> or call 216/233-5441</SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #438059; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">.
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'"><VAR id=yiv1293791876yui-ie-cursor></VAR>''… an exhilarating and assured new play by David Auburn that turns the esoteric world of higher mathematics literally into a back porch drama, one that is as accessible and compelling as a detective story.”<SPAN> </SPAN>NY Times</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #943634; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #943634; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">" </SPAN><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="COLOR: #943634; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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 </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #943634; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="COLOR: #17365d; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"…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. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #17365d; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #31849b; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1293791876MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"[A] wonderfully funny…ambitiously constructed work…" —Variety.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>