Marc Beaudin directs Blue Slipper’s Proof in Livingston

The Blue Slipper Theatre’s production of Proof by David Auburn hits the boards on Friday, October 5th at 8pm. Performances continue through October 21st with Friday and Saturday shows at 8pm and Sunday matinees at 3pm. Doors open 30 minutes before curtain time.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, Proof is a passionate and sharply witty play about the nature of genius and madness, father/daughter relationships and the risks and redemption of love. It examines the dual meaning of “proof” both as mathematical formula and the search for a basis of belief – in family, in lovers, and mostly, in one’s own mind and heart.
In a review of its Broadway premiere, Thomas Burke calls Proof, “a play you’ll remember, which will haunt you forever.”
Marc Beaudin returns to the Blue Slipper for his sixth production as director. He has worked in theatre professionally for 20 years as a director, scenic designer and technical director at venues ranging from unheated warehouses, historic opera houses and art galleries to a 1500-seat, state-of-the-art theatre. Directing favorites include Macbeth (with The 303), Amadeus (with Pit & Balcony Theatre Co.), Dying City (with Caldera Theatre Co.) and the Blue Slipper’s productions of Dracula; Frankenstein, Inc.; Lion in Winter and Chekov’s Squirtgun.
“The Blue Slipper’s intimate space is the perfect venue for this intimate play,” says Beaudin. “The pathos, nuance and humor of Auburn’s words, in the hands of this immensely talented cast, come alive in a way that would be diffused by the distances of a larger theatre.”
The cast of Proof features Todd Hoberecht as “Robert,” a genius mathematician who suffers a debilitating mental illness; Finn Ferguson as “Catherine,” his daughter who may have inherited his genius, but worries she has inherited his psychotic disorder as well; Jesse Lagos as “Hal,” Robert’s adoring former student who hopes to discover a final mathematical proof in one of Robert’s 103 notebooks; and Aya Rordam as “Claire,” the older sister of Catherine who arrives from New York to make sure Catherine gets the help Claire believes she desperately needs.
The drama/comedy runs about two hours, with a 15-minute intermission, and contains adult language and themes. Tickets are available online at www.blueslipper.org or by calling (406) 222-7720.