David Auburn
| David Auburn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 30, 1969 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, Theatre director |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (BA '91) |
David Auburn (born November 30, 1969) is an American playwright. His play Proof won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Auburn also writes screenplays, writing The Lake House, and directs both film and stage plays.
Auburn was born in Chicago, Illinois, to parents Mark and Sandy Auburn. He was raised in Ohio until 1982 when his family moved to Arkansas. After graduating from high school in 1987, he attended the University of Chicago, where he was a member of Off-Off Campus, and received a 1991 B.A. degree in English literature. Following a one-year fellowship with Amblin Entertainment, he moved to New York City in 1992. Auburn spent two years in the Juilliard School's playwriting program, studying under the noted dramatists Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang.
Auburn wrote several short plays, collectively grouped as Fifth Planet and Other Plays. The plays, called "cockeyed and engaging little one-act comedies", were presented at Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, Tucson, Arizona, in January and February 2008. The plays are: Fifth Planet, Miss You, Are You Ready, Damage Control, Three Monologues, What Do You Believe About The Future? and We Had A Very Good Time.Fifth Planet is a two-person play with 44 short scenes. Miss You is a "telephone play about love and unfaithfulness" with a two-person cast, with each actor playing 2 roles, named "man" and "woman".We Had A Very Good Time follows a married couple at the end of a vacation in an unnamed foreign country.Damage Control concerns a political consultant preparing his political boss for a speech about a scandal the politician is involved in.What Do You Believe About The Future? appeared in Harper's Magazine and has since been adapted for the screen.
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