Ge DAVID AUBURN eee oe eee ee Perea ereen Ar pee oer eerie eererc iors Pe ere ey ee eee errr woice” The New Yorker Cee ee eee cy z < c SS fan) ay fz ei 2 Gee = es ee Dee ee es ee eee eee Cece eter rare re ce ee oe eee a Reiser ieniteis ees iii | ii Serer ee ere nara \, compelling as a detective story?” Bruce Weber, The New York TimesOriginally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club on May 23, 2000. Subsequently produced on Broadway by the Man- hattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer; Roger Berlind, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Jujamcyn Theatres, Ostar Enterprises, Daryl Roth, and Stuart Thompson on October 24, 2000. Proof was directed by Daniel Sullivan; sets were designed by John Lee Beatty; costumes by Jess Goldstein; lights by Pat Collins; and sound by John Gromada. The production stage manager was James Harker. CAST OF CHARACTERS Robert Larry Bryggman Catherine Mary-Louise Parker Hal Ben Shenkman Claire Johanna Day‘The back porch of a house in Chicago CHARACTERS Robert, fifties Catherine, twenty-five Hal, twenty-eight Claire, twenty-nine | SETTING | | Act One Scene 1 Night, CATHERINE sits in a chair. She is exhausted, haphazardly dressed. Eyes closed. ROBERE is standing bebind her, He is CATHER- INe's father: Rumpled academic look. CATHERINE does not know he is there. After moment: Roper: Can'c sleep? CATHERINE: Jesus, you scared me, ROBERT: Sorry, CATHERINE: What are you doing here? RopeRr: I thought T'd check up on you. Why aren't you in bed? CATHERINE: Your student is still here. He's up in your study. ROBERT: He can let himself out. ‘CATHERINE: I night as well wait up till he’s done. ROBERT: He's not my student anymore. He's teaching now. Bright kid. (Beat.) carHERine: What time is it? ROBERT: It's almost one. (CATHERINE: Hub. nopert: After midnight CATHERINE: So?