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    Proof

    Proof

    Presented by Trinity Street Players at The First Baptist Church of Austin

    February 18-March 4, 2012

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    David Auburn’s play Proof, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play, is a complex, layered drama about a young woman struggling to find room for healing and trust in a world that is imploding around her. Catherine’s struggles with herself, her brilliant yet unstable father Robert, her well-meaning but controlling sister Claire, and her father’s passionate and devoted protégé Hal provide a dynamic context for exploration of the often fine line between creativity and madness, familial love and emotional suffocation, and self-perception and reality. Catherine exhibits signs of the same remarkable genius as her father, but she fears she will also inherit the mental illness that robbed him of his career and ultimately his ability to function in the world.

    Her sister Claire urges Catherine to abandon her amazing gift and embrace the mental stagnation of a safe and structured life. However, it is Hal who begins to perceive the truth of Catherine’s life and introduces her to the possibility of risking something big for something great. At the center of the conflict is an earth-shattering mathematical proof whose authorship is in dispute and around which our characters engage in a ferocious battle of mind, heart, and soul.

    Trinity Street Players is proud to present this truly moving theatrical experience. The play is directed by TSP veteran David McCullars, whose last directorial outing was the highly acclaimed Shadowlands. He is assisted by Shadowlands and Three Viewings star, Linda Miller Raff. The cast includes three fantastic additions to the TSP community. Bridget Farias, a well-known and beloved presence in the Austin-area theatre scene who also serves as artistic director of the EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens in Wimberley, TX, plays the troubled but brilliant Catherine. Gary Clarke, whose impressive TV and film résumé includes roles in The Virginian, Michael Shayne, Tombstone, and General Hospital, plays Robert, Catherine's crumbling genius father. Dr. Circe Sturm, also a talented and familiar face in the Austin theatre community, plays Catherine's forceful but caring sister Claire. Proof director David McCullars plays Hal, Robert’s devoted graduate student and Catherine’s path to awakening.

    It is part of the Trinity Street Players’ mission to make all of our shows free and accessible to all, but donations are always welcome.


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        The First Baptist Church of Austin

        901 Trinity Street
        Austin, TX 78701

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        Tickets are free, but donations are welcome.

        To make reservations for Friday and Saturday night and Sunday matinee performances, please call 512-402-3086 or email reservations@trinitystreetplayers.com.

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        February 18-March 4, 2012

        Times:

        Proof opens February 18th and runs for three weekends in the Black Box Theater at 901 Trinity Street, Austin, Texas.

        Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm
        Sunday matinees at 2:30 pm

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        • Event Name: Proof
          5 out of 5 stars rating "Theatrical WARNING- Proof is a Prime Emotional Risk!"
          Review posted by: Casey_Weed from 1, Feb 25, 2012

          Attention jaded Austin theater- goers: I see a lot of plays in this town and am rarely moved by a script or performance, emotionally speaking. In fact, I would say that it generally makes me... Expand

        • Event Name: Proof
          5 out of 5 stars rating "Proof Proves Astounding"
          Review posted by: Nathan from Austin, TX, Feb 23, 2012

          It is rare to see a production so finely tuned and expertly performed. This was my first time seeing a show in the Trinity Street Players black box theatre, and I admit being somewhat skeptical.... Expand

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        • Event Name: Proof
          5 out of 5 stars rating "Theatrical WARNING- Proof is a Prime Emotional Risk!"
          Review posted by: Casey_Weed from 1, Feb 25, 2012

          Attention jaded Austin theater- goers: I see a lot of plays in this town and am rarely moved by a script or performance, emotionally speaking. In fact, I would say that it generally makes me... Expand

        • Event Name: Proof
          5 out of 5 stars rating "Proof Proves Astounding"
          Review posted by: Nathan from Austin, TX, Feb 23, 2012

          It is rare to see a production so finely tuned and expertly performed. This was my first time seeing a show in the Trinity Street Players black box theatre, and I admit being somewhat skeptical.... Expand

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