David Auburn Collected Plays

"The strength of David Auburn's plays lies in part in the fact that his characters are ambiguous, their fates not assured, not least because they are unclear about themselves. They are frequently capable of denial, unsure of who they are or how they relate to those around them." Chris Bigsby Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning author David Auburn is an American dramatist who never fails to write astute and compelling dramas that grapple with large questions. In this collection of his work spanning 23 years his celebrated plays are anthologised together for the first time, showing him to be one of the most important contemporary dramatists of his generation. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Proof (2000) to his latest Broadway smash-hit Summer 1976, published for the first time, this collected works offers a comprehensive overview to Auburn's work for Broadway and beyond. Proof: "An exhilarating and assured new play that turns the esoteric world of higher mathematics literally into a back porch drama, one that is as accessible and compelling as a detective story." New York Times The Columnist: "Vital, present and telling ... a trip back to an era when Washington was a small town and everybody kept everybody's secrets. Until they didn't." Chicago Tribune Lost Lake: "A melancholy portrait of two strangers reaching for a tentative connection across the divide of their damaged lives." Hollywood Reporter The New York Idea: "A brisk, streamlined treatment of this classic American play, which caused a sensation in its day." Variety Summer, 1976: "A story of profound connection and awakening disquiet... It's sharply observant, too, and subtly, insistently feminist." New York Times

David Auburn is a playwright, director and screenwriter. Plays include Summer 1976, The Adventures of Augie March (based on the Saul Bellow novel), Lost Lake, The Columnist, and Proof (2001 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Circle Award). He is Associate Artistic Director of the Berkshire Theatre Group, where he has directed many productions, including Dracula, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Petrified Forest, Anna Christie, and A Delicate Balance. Other directing credits include Long Day's Journey into Night (Court Theatre, Chicago) and the Off-Broadway world premiere of Michael Weller's Side Effects (MCC). Film work includes The Girl in the Park (writer/director), Georgetown, and The Lake House. TV includes current projects for HBO/Amblin. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he lives in New York City. He/him.

Proof The Columnist Lost Lake The New York Idea Summer, 1976