September 8, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
Lara De Meo, Coordinator for Public Relations and Alumni Affairs
Rutgers Theater Company offers "Proof" New Brunswick, NJ – Rutgers Theater Company will open the 2006–2007 season with David Auburn’s Broadway smash hit “Proof,” winner of the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play and the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The production runs from September 29 through October 7 at Philip J. Levin Theater in the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center.
Written by David Auburn, “Proof” tells the story of a daughter trying to live beyond an ingrown relationship with her genius father. Catherine has spent years taking care of her genius father, Robert, following his mental breakdown. When Hal, a former student, finds a brilliant mathematical proof in Robert’s office, questions arise about the origins of the work. Could the mentally instable Robert have momentarily harnessed the clarity necessary to produce the incredible document, or was it written by Catherine, a self-taught mathematician who left college to care for her father? Amid the search for truth, Catherine finds her most fragile relationships put to the test.
Director William Carden’s approach to the play is simple: to tell the story, to bring the meaning fully to life. “I can’t think of another play that entertains, and at the same time explores and enlightens, the way ‘Proof’ does,” he says.
The academic venue is especially fitting for the story, says Carden. “At the heart of the play is the mystery of what a mind really is and what it is to be born with that kind of power,” he says. “Knowledge requires a lot of courage, and that’s a really interesting issue in a university community.”
Performances are September 29 and 30; October 4, 5, 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. and October 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for the general public, $20 for Rutgers alumni and employees and seniors and only $15 for students with valid ID. Philip J. Levin Theater is in the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center, 85 George Street (between Route 18 and Ryders Lane), on the Douglass campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
For more information on any Mason Gross event, visit www.masongross.rutgers.edu or call the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center ticket office at 732-932-7511.
About Rutgers Theater Company The Mason Gross School of the Arts’ Department of Theater Arts combines rigorous studio class work with a demanding production schedule to provide students with in-depth training and practice in theater. The Rutgers Theater Company is the resident company of student actors, designers, directors, playwrights, stage managers and technicians whose work is guided by master teachers and accomplished professionals. These conservatory students are enrolled in the three-year Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) programs. The department also offers a Bachelor of Arts (BA) theater major through the undergraduate colleges of Rutgers University. About Mason Gross School of the Arts Founded in 1976, Mason Gross School of the Arts is the arts conservatory of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and is home to the departments of dance, music, theater arts, and visual arts. Its faculty and alumni rosters include arts professionals recognized nationally and internationally. The school's enrollment of 625 undergraduates across four departments and 250 graduate students across three departments, combined with a faculty of 140, assures students the opportunity to work closely with accomplished artists within their fields.
About Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey A comprehensive research institution with more than 50,000 students on three main campuses in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden, Rutgers comprises one of the major state university systems in the nation. Chartered in 1766 in New Brunswick as Queen's College, Rutgers is the eighth oldest institution of higher learning in the nation and now comprises 29 degree- granting divisions, including 16 offering graduate programs of study.
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