CONWAY, Ark. (April 6, 2017) – The Hendrix College Department of Theatre Arts and Dance 2017 Senior Seminar presents The Contemporary
American Theatre Project: Proof, a play by David Auburn, produced by special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service, Inc., on Thursday, April 20, 2017 and Friday April 21, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 22, at 2 p.m. in Cabe Theatre.
David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play is about 25-year-old Catherine who, following the death of her father, must face a number of long denied feelings and fears. Her father, Robert, was a brilliant mathematician who crossed the
delicate line from genius to insanity several years earlier, leaving Catherine as his sole care giver. Tensions run high as her sister Claire returns home for the funeral and Catherine navigates new feelings as a relationship develops between herself and Hal (a former student of her father’s). She must adjust to
Robert’s death and come to grips with her fear that his mathematical genius, which she has inherited, may come at a dreadful price, that she may be fated to the same mental instability of her father.
Performances are open seating and no reservations are required. For more information, visit
www.hendrix.edu/theatrearts.
About Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges That
Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges and is nationally recognized in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings for academic quality, community, innovation, and value. For more information, visit
www.hendrix.edu.