Show Run Time: 90 Minutes

Intermission: 15 Minutes

By David Auburn

Produced by Gremlin Theatre (St. Paul)

June 24-28 at 7:30pm

Matinee Performance Thursday June 26 at 1:30pm

PROOF is a literary work of art, beautifully encompassing themes of academia, gender, relationships, grief and mental health. Captivating and thought provoking, a triumph of writing, PROOF is the story of a woman who took care of her genius mathematician father for years, as he deteriorated due to mental illness. When he dies, she is left wondering if she has inherited her father’s illness along with his academic prowess.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, clever and fast paced, creating moments of wit,hilarity, and pain with equal impact, PROOF is astonishing in its ability to create comedic and heartwrenching moments simultaneously. Gremlin’s production showcases great acting at its finest.

Pat O’Brien (Robert) returned to the Twin Cities eighteen years ago after twenty-five years in L.A. and New York. He’s been in dozens of films including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Pleasantville, and Stuart Little. He’s guest starred in dozens of TV shows including E.R., C.S.I., West Wing, Monk, Reba, Home Improvement, Married With Children, Sabrina, Wonder Years, Night Court, and was Mr. Dewey on Saved By The Bell. Stage credits include The New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles Shakespeare Festivals; The Pasadena, Cleveland, and La Jolla Playhouses; The Arizona Theatre Company, The Old Globe in San Diego, the Arena Stage in D.C., and Maine’s Portland Stage. Around the Twin Cities, he’s done a ton of shows with Mixed Blood, a couple at the Guthrie, Chanhassen, Park Square, The Zephyr, and most recently, Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet for Frosted Glass Creative. For the last fifteen years he’s been touring his productions of "Whisper Into My Good Ear," Tom Stoppard’s "Heroes", and his solo show: “Underneath the Lintel."

Sarah Furniss (Claire) is a Twin Cities based actor making her TLHD debut in Proof. Other credits include Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire with Zephyr Theatre, Homo Dramaticus Ensemble with Pangea World Theater/Teatro Del Pueblo, A Christmas Carol with Wayward Theatre, Elaine Harper in Arsenic and Old Lace at Theatre in the Round, and more.

Isa Grofsorean (Catherine ), a recent graduate from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie BFA Actor Training program, was in the ensemble of the Guthrie's History Cycle (Richard II, Henry IV, Henry VI). She has also worked with Girl Friday Productions, Open Eye Theatre, Jones Classical Theatre, Theatre In The Round, and Shakesqueer Company.

Coleson Eldredge (Hal), a recent graduate from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie BFA Actor Training program, is a New York based actor and writer. His credits include A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater, Rope at Gremlin Theatre, and A Midsummer Night's Dream with Frosted Glass Creative.