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Playwright: David Auburn (Helen Merrill Playwriting Award and Joseph Kesselring Prize for Drama winner; Guggenheim Foundation Grant Recipient)
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: 
Catherine has inherited her late father’s mathematical brilliance, but she is haunted by the fear that she might also share his debilitating mental illness. Following his death, her older sister contends that Catherine lacks the mental ability to live on her own while her father’s patronizing former PhD student at the University of Chicago questions her authorship of a complicated 
groundbreaking mathematical proof that will change the field of study, not only because she’s had no formal training in mathematics, but because she’s a woman as well.
Awards: Drama Desk Award for Best New Play in 2000; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play, all in 2001.
Film Adaptation: 
The 2005 film adaptation featured Gwyneth Paltrow (who played Catherine in the original West End production in 2002), Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Director: Robert Cacioppo
Set Design: Steven McLean (Butterflies Are Free, Ho! Ho! Ho! 
The Christmas Show, Breaking Legs, The Foreigner, Admissions, The Cocktail Hour).
Lighting: Andrew Zebroski (Butterflies Are Free, Ho! Ho! Ho! The Christmas Show, Breaking Legs, The Lifespan of a Fact).
Costume Design: Sallyanne Bianchetta (Butterflies Are Free, Ho! Ho! Ho! The Christmas Show).
Cast:
- John McKerrow: Robert
- Steven Coe: Hal
- Angela Watson: Claire
- Chloe Elliot-Chan: Catherine
Play Dates and Times:
Discounted Previews February 6, 2024 – February 8, 2024
Performances are Tuesday through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. on Sundays at 3:00, as follows:
- 7:30 p.m. performances are February 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28 & 29 and March 1 & 2; and
- 3:00 p.m. matinees on February 11, 18 & 25 and March 3
Tickets: Tickets range from $35 – $55. This production is staged in ¾ thrust, limiting seating to only 128 seats per performance. Tickets and details regarding subscription packages are available at PlayersCircleTheater.com or by calling the Box Office at 239-800-3292.
Location: Players Circle Theater, 13211 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33919.
January 29, 2024.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.