{"id":1,"date":"2018-02-17T18:52:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T18:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/?p=1"},"modified":"2020-12-10T05:36:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T05:36:10","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Acclaimed new theater company partners with Stageworks to explore neurodiversity in PROOF<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Production follows \u201cspectacular\u201d regional debut at Tampa International Fringe Festival<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

After their \u201cspectacular\u201d regional debut at the Tampa International Fringe Festival (according to\u00a0Creative Loafing),\u00a0<\/i>Innovocative Theatre is thrilled to partner with Stageworks on the company\u2019s second production: David Auburn\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama\u00a0PROOF.\u00a0<\/b>The show runs at the famous Channelside theatre July 20-30.<\/span><\/p>\n

The production opens two months after\u00a0Creative Loafing\u00a0<\/i>placed Innovocative\u2019s \u201cmust-see\u201d premiere production of\u00a0DARK VANILLA JUNGLE<\/strong>\u00a0among the top three shows at the Tampa Fringe. After critic David Warner praised the \u201cmercurial intensity\u201d of its pre-production preview,\u00a0Creative Loafing\u2019s\u00a0<\/i>Mark E. Leib called\u00a0DARK VANILLA JUNGLE<\/strong>\u00a0\u201csharply unforgettable, more affecting than most dramas I see in a typical season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Auburn\u2019s Tony Award-winning script, which was later adapted into the 2005 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, examines the difficulties of loving relationships within a neurodiverse family, and the challenges a neurotypical outsider must confront when he begins to care about one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The plot spirals around Catherine, a bright young woman who has placed her life on hold for years to care for her father, Robert, a brilliant but increasingly unstable university mathematician. When Robert\u2019s condition worsens, sudden changes must take place.<\/span><\/p>\n

But dramatic questions arise as Catherine\u2019s father, a smothering older sister, and a young math professor begin to focus on the long-neglected daughter. How much of Robert\u2019s mathematical genius has Catherine inherited\u2014and has she inherited his instability as well?<\/span><\/p>\n

Auburn\u2019s suspenseful play reframes age-old issues that apply across a broad range of human relationships. In a budding young love, among old family ties, and with a just-discovered, potentially ground-breaking mathematical paper, the questions are the same. How much of someone else are we prepared to accept on faith? What will we never accept about them without proof? Can someone we doubt ever fully prove themselves\u2014and what could such proof look like?<\/span><\/p>\n

After what critic Mark E. Leib described as her \u201cshattering performance\u201d in\u00a0DARK VANILLA JUNGLE<\/strong>, Marie-Claude Tremblay<\/b>explores the psyche of Catherine, the troubled young woman at the heart of this provocative family drama. Regional stage veteran Dennis Duggan, whose portfolio includes awards for roles in\u00a0Of Mice and Men<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0A Few Good Men<\/i>, plays Catherine\u2019s father, Robert.\u00a0<\/span>Innovocative founder and artistic director Staci Sabarsky will direct and take the role of Catherine\u2019s older sister, Claire. Newcomer Devin Devi makes his professional debut as Hal, a young math professor who is falling for Catherine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like\u00a0DARK VANILLA JUNGLE<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/i>PROOF<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>furthers the company\u2019s plans to produce shows that are innovative, evocative and thought-provoking \u2013 the elements that make up Innovocative\u2019s hybrid name.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The company will also partner with the Hillsborough chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness by hosting a talkback session with chapter president Karen Fredricks and Dr. Marketa Wills after the July 23 performance. \u201cIt\u2019s important that we portray Robert\u2019s decline in an authentic way because so many Florida families are dealing with mental health issues including manic-depression, Alzheimer\u2019s, dementia, and on-going care for aging family members, that\u00a0PROOF<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>touches on,\u201d states Sabarsky.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acclaimed new theater company partners with Stageworks to explore neurodiversity in PROOF Production follows \u201cspectacular\u201d regional debut at Tampa International Fringe Festival After their \u201cspectacular\u201d regional debut at the Tampa International Fringe Festival (according to\u00a0Creative Loafing),\u00a0Innovocative Theatre is thrilled to partner with Stageworks on the company\u2019s second production: David Auburn\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama\u00a0PROOF.\u00a0The show runs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovocativetheatre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}