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About the Play
The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play about genius and mental illness.
Story:
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students, who wants to search through his papers, and her estranged sister, who shows up to help settle his affairs.
Playwright
David Auburn
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Walter Kerr Theatre
- Opening Night
- Oct 24, 2000
- Total Performances
- 917
- Original Cast
- Mary-Louise Parker, Larry Bryggman, Johanna Day, Ben Shenkman
- Director
- Daniel Sullivan
- Producer
- Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer), Roger Berlind, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director), OSTAR Enterprises, Daryl Roth and Stuart Thompson
- Scenic Design
- John Lee Beatty
- Costume Design
- Jess Goldstein
- Lighting Design
- Pat Collins
- Sound Design
- John Gromada
2005 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Proof
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- John Madden
- Screenplay
- David Auburn and Rebecca Miller
- Starring
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis
Scripts, Videos, Merchandise and More
2001 Pulitzer Prize Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2001 Tony Award Nominations
Best Play
Best Actress in a Play - Mary-Louise Parker
Best Direction of a Play
Best Featured Actor In A Play - Ben Shenkman
Best Featured Actor In A Play - Larry Bryggman
Best Featured Actress In A Play - Johanna Day
2001 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding New Play
Outstanding Actress In A Play - Mary-Louise Parker
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