Proof
Nominated for a 2010
New York Innovative Theater
Award
for Outstanding Sound Design
cast
National Tour: The Little Prince (National Theatre of the Performing Arts). New York: Up a River/Down the Aisle (Midtown International Theatre Festival, Strawberry One Act 2009 - semi-finalist), Night Sky, Exes and Ohs, Just Before the Drop (NativeAliens Theatre Collective), Psych, Recent Tragic Events, Five Flights, Love Letters, The Baltimore Waltz (Tongue in Cheek Theater), Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Sisters, Thanksgiving Dinner (Prospect Theatre Company), and The Last Circus (Post Theater). MFA in acting (Actors Studio Drama School) BA in French and art (Smith College). www.jakelipman.com
Off-Broadway: Fools In Love (BAM Harvey Theater), The Shadow Box, Tempest Tossed Fools (Manhattan Ensemble Theater), Tape, Joined at the Head (Westbeth Theatre); Off-Off-Broadway: A Case of Murder (La MaMa E.T.C.), South Delancey (Metropolitan Playhouse), Hay Fever, The Baltimore Waltz (The Producers Club), Zoloft or Zofia (13th Street Rep). Regional: Macbeth, Pigeon River Opera, As You Like It (Petoskey Theatre Festival). Film/TV: The Unidentified, The Graduates, Deleted Scenes, Nailing Jello (all currently playing in festivals across the country). MFA in Acting (Actors Studio Drama School), BA in Communication (Oakland University).
Daryl recently appeared in the York Shakespeare Theatre’s production of The Merchant of Venice, The Bear at Abingdon Theatre, KNB - The Musical in FringeNYC, Follies of Grandeur at Theatre for the New City, and the award-winning production of Masquerade at the Cherry Lane Theatre. He has also performed in the historical recreation of Titanic Voices and in several independent films. Other recent productions include Buried Child, The Trial, The Miser, and Cat’s Cradle.
Deirdre most recently wrote and performed her one-woman show, NUDE NUDE TOTALLY NUDE at the PIT and Magnet theatres, and wrote and performed Define Happiness. This year also saw the premiere of the film May the Best Man Win on IFC.
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Kristen Kentner – Director
Kristen is thrilled to be working on Proof. Kristen credits the script and a wonderful team and cast for making her participation in this project possible.
Allison Lemel – Stage Manager
Alison has stage managed several productions, including Dances in Funny (FringeNYC 2009), Love, Oil & Pizza (Red Room Theatre), and most recently, Against Her Better Judgment at the Drilling Company Theatre. She has also worked as a spotlight operator for My Illustrious Wasteland and F#@king Up Everything (NYMF) and as spotlight operator and assistant electrician on the Off-Broadway production of How to be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of Myself).
David Auburn – Playwright
David Auburn was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Ohio and Arkansas. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and, for Proof, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award. He lives in New York City.
Philip Rothman – Music Composer/Sound Designer
Philip holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Rice University and is an active composer, orchestrator, and consultant. Orchestration credits: Taking Chance, Teddy in His Own Words, You Don’t Know Jack (HBO Films), Sin Nombre, Hollywoodland (Focus Features), The Nanny Diaries (Weinstein Co./MGM Films), Faces of America (PBS), Schooled (CW Network). www.philiprothman.com
