David Auburn

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David Auburn (born 1970) is an American playwright. He was born in Chicago, and raised in Ohio and Arkansas. He attended the University of Chicago, where he was a member of Off-Off Campus, and received a degree in English literature. Following a fellowship with Amblin Entertainment, he moved to New York City and spent two years in The Juilliard School's playwriting program, studying under the noted dramatists Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang. His first full-length play, Skyscraper, ran off-Broadway in 1997. His short play, What Do You Believe About The Future? appeared in Harper's Magazine and has since been adapted for the screen.

Auburn is best known for his 2000 play Proof. It won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play, as well as the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Auburn has adapted it into a film, which was released in 2005. He has also been awarded the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Following Proof, he wrote the screenplay for the movie The Lake House, released by Warner Bros. in 2006. In 2007, he made his directorial debut with the The Girl in the Park, for which he also wrote the screenplay.

He currently resides in Manhattan, New York.

Plays

• Are You Ready?
• Damage Control
• Fifth Planet
• Miss You
• Three Monologues
• We Had A Very Good Time
• What Do You Believe About The Future?
• Proof
• Skyscraper

Filmography

• The Lake House
• The Girl In The Park (directorial debut)

References

External links

• David Auburn at the Internet Broadway Database
• David Auburn at the Internet Movie Database
• David Auburn at the Internet off-Broadway Database