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September 22, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Auditions October 6 and 7 for CSU
Dominguez Hills
Production of “Proof”
(Carson, CA)— The
California State University, Dominguez Hills Department of Theatre
Arts will
be holding auditions on Oct. 6 and 7 for “Proof,” the
second play of the 2008-09 season. The auditions will take place
beginning at 7 p.m. both days in the University Theatre on campus.
This 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama
tells the story of Catherine, who sacrificed college to care
for her mentally ill father, a brilliant,
much-admired mathematician, who has recently passed away. Catherine
claims to be the author of a mathematical proof that one of her
father’s former students, Hal, finds in the attic among her
father’s mostly incoherent unpublished notebooks. But what “proof” does
Catherine have that she, and not her father, is the author? What
ensues is a detective story that explores the uncertainties of
love, trust, personal integrity, and the unpredictability of genius.
The production will be directed by CSUDH theater arts professor
Peter Rodney.
In preparation for the audition, individuals
are requested to read the play and become familiar with the characters.
The audition
will include a scene reading for a character of the director’s
choosing, as well as of a character in a particular scene of the
individual’s choosing.
Rehearsals will take place Sunday through Thursday at 7 p.m. beginning
Oct. 12 in the Edison Studio Theatre. The play opens Nov. 21 and
runs weekends through Dec. 6.
Below is a list of the four parts to be cast, along with a brief
character description:
Catherine – 25 years old. Robert’s
younger daughter who has spent five years caring for her father,
she is, at times,
fierce, almost-feral, sharply intelligent and deeply damaged.
Robert – Catherine and Claire’s
brilliant, mathematical genius of a father (recently deceased).
He is remembered by Catherine
in flashbacks. His mental illness allows him to be affably affectionate
one minute, and then lash out the next.
Claire – Catherine’s older
sister is a currency analyst who lives in New York. Though fond
of her younger sister, she is
just as clearly determined to get her own way, even if that involves
infantilizing Catherine.
Hal – A former student of Robert’s
who would like to get his hands on the mathematical notebooks
that Robert has
kept for years. He possesses a dorky eagerness but holds his own
with Catherine and has his own agenda.
All four characters are capable of surprising cruelty as well
as surprising tenderness.
For more information, please call (310)
243-3340 or e-mail prodney@csudh.edu.
The University Theatre
complex on the campus of CSU Dominguez Hills is located on
Toro Center Drive/Tamcliff Street off Victoria Street in the
city
of Carson.
Metered parking lots (Lot 6 or 3) are within walking distance. Permits
are $3 and can be purchased at the yellow kiosk machines at the
perimeter of
each lot.
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About the
Department of Theatre Arts -- Accredited by the National
Association of Schools of Theatre and with
memberships in the California Education Theatre Association
and the Southern California Educational Theatre Association,
the CSUDH Theatre Arts Department stages six major theatrical
productions each season in either its 485-seat University Theatre
or the more intimate 70-seat Edison Studio Theatre. In addition
to producing actors and actresses, the department also educates
students to be part of the community. Through its Teatro Dominguez
multicultural theatre company students take on leadership roles
in touring original and ethnic shows to local K-12 schools;
its Black Theatre Program provides courses, touring shows and
workshops that illuminate the black experience for people of
all ages and ethnicities; and the newly formed Dominguez Bridge
Theatre Company creates and produces original plays that tell
the story of the surrounding communities.
About
CSU Dominguez Hills -- California
State University, Dominguez Hills is a highly diverse,
urban university located in the South Bay, primarily
serving the
Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself
on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered
environment.
Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology,
business administration, and digital media arts, new degree
programs include computer science, criminal justice,
recreation and leisure
studies, social work, and communication disorders. On campus
is the Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex
that hosts
world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and
cycling.
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