Learn about 'Proof' as a play from its playwright, David Auburn.
If you are in Tenessee and attend Vanderbilt you can see him:
"Auburn is the recipient of the Martha R. Ingram New Works Fellowship; he'll take part in an Ingram New Works Festival later this spring with Tennessee Rep, offer a piece for a staged reading and work with seven local playwrights. He also will take part in a panel discussion at 6 p.m. Thursday at Vanderbilt University called Proof: A Fine Line Between Genius and Madness"
Take a look at the article, its an interesting insight into where Auburn wanted the focus of the story to be.
Source: Fiona Soltes,
www.tennessean.com