Emmy and SAG Award winner Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Hamilton alum Jin Ha have joined the cast of Broadway‘s Proof, the first New York revival of David Auburn’s Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play.
Wiley, in her Broadway debut, and Ha join leads Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle in the limited 16-week run at The Booth Theatre beginning March 31, with opening night set for April 16.
In Proof, written by David Auburn and directed by Thomas Kail, Catherine (Edebiri), the brilliant but restless daughter of renowned mathematics professor Robert (Cheadle), is thrust into turmoil when a notebook containing a revelatory proof is discovered after his death. As debate erupts over its true authorship, Catherine must confront the power of legacy, and the cost of proving herself.
The Proof creative team will include Oscar and Emmy winner Kris Bowers (original music), Teresa L. Williams (scenic design), Tony winner Dede Ayite (costume design), Amanda Zieve (lighting design), Obie winner Justin Ellington and Conor Wang (sound design), Oscar and Emmy winner Mia Neal (hair & wig design), Daniel Swee, CSA (casting director), and Sara Gammage (production stage manager). Baseline Theatrical serves as general manager for the production.
A Juilliard grad, Wiley recently returned to the London stage in the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel after having appeared in the National’s production of Blues For An Alabama Sky. Off-Broadway, she starred in the 2016 production of Daphne’s Dive at the Signature Theatre. On television, Wiley was part of the two-time SAG Award-winning ensemble of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black and she recently wrapped production on the final season of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, for which she won the 2018 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama and was nominated an additional three times for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
Following his Broadway debut in 2017 in Julie Taymor’s production of David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly, Ha has played the role of “Aaron Burr’”in both the Broadway and Chicago companies of Hamilton, directed by Kail, and most recently received rave reviews for his performance in the world premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s final musical Here We Are at The Shed. On television, he stars as Solomon in the Apple TV+ adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel Pachinko.
Proof had its world premiere Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2000, becoming a sold-out smash and immediately transferred to Broadway where it received six Tony Award nominations and won three including Best Play and the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play has been widely produced nationwide and internationally has received productions in London, Manila, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, and others. Proof was adapted by Auburn into a feature film that was released by Miramax Films in 2005.
Proof is produced by Mike Bosner and Kail.
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