“Proof” Stage Play Casting Men And Women
Description
Auditions for 2024 Spring play “Proof”. Actors needed. Please see the breakdown below.
About the project:
Summary: An enigmatic young woman, Catherine, her manipulative sister, Claire, their brilliant, recently deceased father, Robert, and an unexpected suitor, Hal. They are all pieces of the puzzle in the search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof.
Additional info:
Please prepare a 1 minute monologue from the play of your choice that is not from the show.
Show dates:
Friday May 10th, 11th, 17th. 18th, 19th
Friday/Saturday 7:30pm
Sunday 3pm
If you are interested, please apply.
4 Project roles
Catherine
Female
20
-29
y.o.
All ethnicities
Inherited much of her father's mathematical genius and, she fears, his "instability" as well; she gave up her life and schooling to take care of her father until his recent death.
Application deadline closed.
Claire
Female
30
-39
y.o.
All ethnicities
Catherine's older sister, a practical and business-minded woman who has been comfortably successful in her work and relationships. She left Robert and Catherine behind, distancing herself from the run-down family home of her youth. She left the family to make a new life for herself in New York City.
Application deadline closed.
Robert
Male
50
-69
y.o.
All ethnicities
A recently deceased mathematician praised for his groundbreaking work in his youth, but whose later years were plagued by delusional mental illness; he is seen in Catherine's imagination and in flashbacks.
Application deadline closed.
Harold (Hal) Dobbs
Male
20
-29
y.o.
All ethnicities
One of Robert's last Ph.D. students during the one year his idol and mentor's illness went into remission, at least enabling Robert to teach, if not continue his own creative mathematical work.
Application deadline closed.