Proof at Skokie Theatre

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, Proof tells the story of Catherine, who spent her adolescence caring for her late father, Robert, through his bouts of mental illness. Robert was a mathematical genius and professor at the University of Chicago, who by the age of 25 had already revolutionized three different fields of mathematics. On her 25th birthday, Catherine shows a new proof she claims to have written to one of her father's former students, who then accuses her of stealing it from her dad. The play explores Catherine's fear of following in her father's footsteps, both mathematically and mentally and her desperate attempts to stay in control while trying to verify the proof's authenticity.