The University of Findlay - UF Theatre Students to Present “Proof”

The University of Findlay’s theatre students will present “Proof” Oct. 4 – 8 in the John and Hester Powell Grimm Theatre.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and at 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5 for general admission, $3 for seniors and students and free to UF faculty, staff and students. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 419-434-5335. Please note that there is a small amount of adult language.

Cast members include Christen Mathern, senior theatre performance major, as Catherine; Matt Waugh, junior theatre performance major, as Robert; Chris Leitner, junior theatre performance major, as Hal; and Evan Potter, sophomore theatre performance major, as Claire.

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award, “Proof” was written by David Auburn and has entertained many audiences. “When we think of the great American playwrights, we think of Arthur Miller and Eugene O’Neill and Lillian Hellman, in earlier generations. Welcome David Auburn to the club,” said NY Magazine.

The story begins with Catherine, a troubled young woman, who 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. 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?