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David Auburn was born in Chicago to Mark and Sandy Auburn. He grew up in Ohio and Arkansas before moving back to Chicago for college. From 1987 to 1991, Auburn attended the University of Chicago, from which he graduated with a B.A. in English Literature.
Aug 30, 2022 · Aug. 30, 2022. Laura Linney will return to Broadway next spring, in a new play by David Auburn about a friendship that arises between two women during America’s bicentennial. The play, called ...
Mar 11, 2013 · On a cold winter day in Hyde Park, much like one portrayed in a pivotal scene of his play Proof, David Auburn, AB’91, arrived at Court Theatre to sit in on a rehearsal for the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning work’s first professional production on campus. He watched the story unfold between the brilliant but mentally unstable ...
David Auburn is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director. Auburn’s first play, Proof , received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and is set on the University of Chicago campus.
By. Susie Allen, AB’09. |. The University of Chicago Magazine. —. Spring/19. The playwright David Auburn, AB’91, slouches on a couch in director Charles Newell ’s office at Court Theatre, trying to decide if there’s a way to get a talking eagle on stage. “I don’t know how to theatricalize it,” Newell says. It’s July 2017, and ...
Proof Summary. Next. Act One, Scene 1. It’s late at night, and Catherine is sitting on her back porch in Chicago. Her father, Robert, comes outside, startling her by asking if she can’t sleep. She explains that she’s waiting for one of his students to leave, and he points to a bottle of champagne and wishes her a happy 25th birthday.
Jun 15, 2000 · Written by David Auburn; Incidental music by John Gromada. Directed by Daniel Sullivan. Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty; Costume Design by Jess Goldstein; Lighting Design by Pat Collins; Sound Design by John Gromada; Assistant Scenic Design: Eric Renschler; Assistant Costume Design: Daryl Stone; Associate Lighting Design: D. M. Wood; Assistant ...
