Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

Proof, on the surface, is a simple story about family dynamics and mathematics but is so much more complex than it seems. The play starts with Cat sitting in her backyard waiting for one of her father's students to finish reviewing some of his final work before he passed. As the play unfolds, we experience the rollercoaster of feelings that occur when two sisters are grieving and saying goodbye to their father, only to be pulled into his world of academia. When a revolutionary mathematic proof is found that could change the academic study of math all over the world, its authorship is questioned and challenged. As Cat navigates her own academic journey in the wake of her brilliant father, we see the challenges she faces as a woman in a male-dominated world. This is compounded by the perception of her mental state - she has inherited her father's brilliance without question...but does her brilliance come at the same cost?