The remaining performances of PROOF have been cancelled. Ellerslie Theatre takes the health and welfare of our audience, volunteers, cast and crew very seriously. We follow Ministry of Health advice on COVID-19 and encourage everyone to do the same. We have a cast member who is currently unwell and although at minimal risk they have been advised to self-isolate. We are erring on the side of caution and cancelling the last few shows. written by David Auburn directed by Carl Drake presented by Ellerslie Theatrical Society & Cafè Theatre12 to 21 March 2020 at 8pm Matinees Sunday 15 and Saturday 21 March at 2pm No evening performance Sunday 15 March No performance Monday 16 March 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 volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her fathers 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?
Proof contains themes of death, depression, mental illness, and adult language. The play won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play.
