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A Potomac Stages Pick for intellectually stimulating and emotionally satisfying fare
Proof is known for its success at making intellectually gifted people seem entirely human while it gets the exhilaration of the pursuit of knowledge just right. Geniuses are people too, with hopes, fears, loves and losses. This warm, fascinating and funny play draws you into the personal world of intelligent people who are facing major crises in their personal lives. Director Ali Miller and her cast of four approach the material the only way that makes sense: trust it. They resist any temptation to embellish or draw attention to themselves. Instead, they keep the focus on the play as written. Not a bad approach when that play is a Pulitzer Prize winner. (Full Review)
Proof is less a great play than a great opportunity for actors to put together a memorable and satisfying evening of theater. The slender plot revolves around the discovery of a complex and significant mathematical proof locked in the desk drawer of Robert (Don Kenefick,) a brilliant but long-demented mathematician, now dead. Did the dead scientist write the proof? Or was his caretaker daughter Catherine (Katy Carkuff), bright but undereducated and emotionally volatile, responsible for this fantastic paper? David Auburn’s script lays the question down neatly among some other, broader philosophical challenges, including the uncomfortable proximity of genius and madness and the imperative nature of trust. (Full Review)
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*** Firebelly Productions is supported by Arlington County through the Arlington Commission for the ARTS and the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Resources. *** |
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Copyright © 2003 Firebelly Productions. All rights reserved. Designed by David Cahill. |
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