David Auburn was born on 30 November 1969 and is an American playwright, screenwriter and theatre director.
13 Facts About David Auburn
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David Auburn is best known for his 2000 play Proof, which won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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David Auburn wrote the screenplays for the 2005 film version of Proof, The Lake House, The Girl in the Park, and Georgetown.
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David Auburn was raised in Ohio until 1982 when his family moved to Arkansas.
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David Auburn spent two years in the Juilliard School's playwriting program, studying under the noted dramatists Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang.
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David Auburn wrote several short plays, collectively grouped as Fifth Planet and Other Plays.
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David Auburn is best known for his 2000 play Proof, which won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play, as well as the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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David Auburn adapted it into a film, which was released in 2005.
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David Auburn has been awarded the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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David Auburn received the Kesselring Prize in 2000 for Proof; the prize is given to a playwright who shows the most promise and comes with a $10,000 monetary award.
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David Auburn directed the play Sick by Zayd Dohrn at the Berkshire Theatre Festival from August 18 to September 6,2009.
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David Auburn directed Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in July 2013.
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David Auburn directed the play Side Effects by Michael Weller in June and July 2011 at the Off-Broadway MCC Theater.