David Auburn (born 1969) is an American playwright. He was born in Chicago, and raised in Ohio and Arkansas. He attended the University of Chicago and got 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. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Template:Unsourced A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ... A silhouetted appearance of Elliot and E.T. from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Amblin Entertainments mascots. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. ... Marsha Norman was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Hull-Warriner, and Drama Desk Awards for Night, Mother, which received its world premiere at the A.R.T. in 1982. ... Christopher Durang (born January 2, 1949) is a contemporary playwright, especially popular in the 1980s, known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. ... Skyscraper is the first full length play by David Auburn. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What Do You Believe About The Future? is a short one act play written by David Auburn where nine numbered (but not named) characters answer the titles question. ... An issue of Harpers Magazine from 1905 Another issue, from November 2004 Harpers Magazine (or simply Harpers) is a monthly general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts from a progressive, moderate left perspective in a fashion often not found in the ordinary news...

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. His most recent work is the screenplay for the movie The Lake House, to be released by Warner Bros. in June 2006. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Proof is a play by David Auburn which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... Proof is a 2005 film starring Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jake Gyllenhaal. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. ... The Lake House is a 2006 romantic drama film remake of the Korean motion picture Il Mare (2000). ...

He currently resides in Manhattan, New York. The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... NY redirects here. ...

Plays

Short 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?

Damage Control is a play by American playwright David Auburn. ... Miss You is a play by American playwright David Auburn. ... What Do You Believe About The Future? is a short one act play written by David Auburn where nine numbered (but not named) characters answer the titles question. ...

Dramas

• Proof
• Skyscraper

Proof is a play by David Auburn which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play. ... Skyscraper is the first full length play by David Auburn. ...

Movies

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

The Girl In The Park is a movie by writer/director David Auburn, who makes his directorial debut here after having written the films Proof in 2005 and The Lake House in 2006. ...

External links

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