Count Stovall and Lolita Foster to Star in Co-Production of PROOF, Directed by Johanna Day

Casting is now complete for Quick Silver Theater Company and Classics in Color: A Theatre Company's co-production of PROOF. Broadway veteran Count Stovall will play Robert. Lolita Foster, Orange Is the New Black, will play Catherine. Nafeesa Monroe, co-producer of PROOF, will play Claire. Alejandro Rodriguez, core company member of QST, will play Hal. Johanna Day -- OBIE winner and Tony nominated for role in Broadway's PROOF -- will make her directorial debut with this production.

We intend to reveal a new perspective of this Pulitzer Prize winning play. Without altering the text in any way and casting PROOF with actors of color, a conversation is generated that speaks to the issues of gender and racial privilege in global mathematic programs.

Catherine, a young woman relegated to caring for her father who suffers from mental illness, doubts her own sanity when faced with questions surrounding a mathematical proof discovered in her possession. Has she inherited her father's mathematical genius as well as his mental instability? All is brought to light in this sexy and intriguing mathematical journey.

The all-female creative team includes costume designer Karen Perry, lighting designer Jennifer Reiser set designer Perrine Villemur and sound designer Iman Hinton.

Classics in Color is a theatre company committed to representing all colors on stage, especially in the classics. Through our work we hope to demystify the classics and create accessible theatre to which we all can relate. CIC wants all people to be able to see a version of themselves on stage, to feel included. We are bringing Shakespeare and the classics back to the people. Classics in Color was founded by Nafeesa Monroe.

Quick Silver Theater Company's mission is to produce theater that invigorates, educates and generates conversations. QST will cast our productions with actors that reflect the community at large. In doing so, the playwright's work will, in turn, connect with a much larger and more diverse audience base.

Quick Silver Theater Company was founded by Tyrone Mitchell Henderson and Lizan Mitchell. QST is an ensemble company of thirteen theater artists based in the NYC Metro area.

Recently, QST hosted a panel discussion entitled "Why are women MIA in STEM?" Our panelists included an African-American female chess champion seated number thirty five nationally and in the top ten amongst women, a fourteen year-old member of Black Girls Who Code studying STEM program courses at Yale University and an ebullient African American female math teacher in Brooklyn. Marcia Pendleton, founder of Walk Tall Girl Productions, was our moderator. QST prides itself on generating meaningful conversations.

PROOF is being produced by Quick Silver Theater Company in association with Classics in Color. For answers to your questions, email: info@quicksilvertheater.com. Tickets can be purchased online. Visit www.quicksilvertheater.com or www.ClassicsInColor.com for more information.

IF YOU GO:

PROOF by David Auburn
Directed by: Johanna Day
Dates and Times: Wednesday through Sunday at 7:30 pm
September 2nd - September 6th, 2015 and September 9th - September 13th, 2015
Location: 4th Street Theatre 83 East 4th Street First Floor NYC 10013
Tickets: $18 General admission