Theatre and company opens 14th season with mystery pleaser One of the most acclaimed new plays in recent years, Proof is a fasâ€" cinating and funny mysâ€" tery that was a Broadway hit and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play (2001). "i[flheane & Company opens their 14th seaâ€" son Oct. 2 with a theatrical sensation: Proof, by David Aubutn. ‘Proof is in the play Proof tells the story of Catherine, a quirky young woman who may have inherited her father‘s brilâ€" liance â€" and his insanity. One of Canadian folk‘s best kept secrets, fingerâ€" style guitarist and awardâ€" winning singer/songwriter Terry Tufts takes the stage at the Waterloo Community Arts Centre, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. Guitarist visits local arts centre Tufts brings a wealth of experience and musiâ€" cality to each performâ€" ance. Having been guitarist for a list of who‘s who, including Tom Paxton, George Fox, Susan Aglukark and Laura Smith, his style slips with ease into a little folk, to a little bluegrass to a little rock and roll, and makes for an evening of superlative entertainâ€" ment. Tufts is one of the many great Canadian musicians on the soonâ€" toâ€"beâ€"released Gordon Lightfoot tribute CD Beautiful. The project also feaâ€" tures the likes of Blue Rodeo, Bruce Cockburn, Murray _ McLachlan, Maria Muldar and The ANE AUTOMOBILE 800Y ANO PAINT Mmeticulous Restoration Original Paint Finishes Unsurpassed Collision Repair FINE ALTO INC 15 Centennial Dr. Kitchener 578â€"2052 PORSCHE JAGUAR Mkhith Mercedes Benz Dealer Authorized MIiCth Specializing In Her sister Claire seems to be convinced it‘s the latter... while Hal, a promâ€" ising acaâ€" seems to be interested in much more than her father‘s notebooks. "This is a â€"Alan K. Sapp Catherine, fascinating pnetortdirector while they‘re play, on a making new number of connections fronts," says Alan K. Sapp, _ about her life. who finds himself both "We‘re confronted with directing and playing a mystery, and it‘s an Robert, Catherine‘s father. _ interesting one, but the Tragically Hip Tickets to the show are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. m r‘: EB $11.00, £89.99.. 1s/4.00..., Tickets can be purchased T * x â€" TIGCGER BRAND F A C T O RY # O U T LE T Hucge 96 Grand Ave. S. M*:‘.’:m'.: St. Jacob‘s Outilet Mail Cambridge, Ont. To 606 io 25 Benjamin Ad. (519) 624â€"7844 Sun 11:00 to 6:00 Waterioo 880â€"1197 TIGERBRAND PARKING LOTâ€"96 GRAND AVE. SOUTH, CAMBRIDGE (519) 624â€"7844 "This is a facinating play on a number of fronts." While quantities last! "The playwright has given us this wonderfully structured story â€" by the time we reach the secâ€" is a ond act, the audience has lgpla}’ to _ rethink aber Of some of their c 9e assumptions at the arts centre, 25 Regina St. S., or at Words Worth Books, 100 King St. S. in Waterloo. Call 886â€"4577 or 884â€"2665 Catherine, while they‘re making new connections mystery is happening on more than one level, and it unfolds very deliberateâ€" ly â€" with humour, pathos and everything else in between." Regarding the duality of acting in and directing Proof, Sapp says that he wouldn‘t be doing it if he didn‘t have another pair of eyes (assistant director Linda Bush). "Mind you, it‘s easier to do this in a film. In the "ANNUAL WAREOUSE: TOWEL & BEDDING MILL OUTLET theatre, 1 never get to see what I do...." The cast of Proof also features Melissa Haller (seen in last season‘s Red Lips and Fire) as Catherâ€" ine, with company memâ€" ber Michael Peng as Hal and Alison Jutzi (last seen in An Ideal Husband, 2002) as Claire. Set design is by William Chesney, and costume design is by Jocelyne Sobeski. The play runs Thursâ€" J days through Saturdays, 2 7:30 p.m. nightly through ® Oct. 25 at the King Street $ Theatre Centre in downâ€" T town Kitchener. 3 Tickets are $28â€"$33 for adults, and $20â€"$25 for students and seniors. Student rush seats are 2 available any night for & $15. a 3 Reservations are availâ€" able online or by calling the box office at 571â€"0928. «U PRCEs RONOURED 1t 0tR 9T JA00S & RaMTLTON LOC £TI0N®S