SAMIRA WILEY AND JIN HA TO JOIN AYO EDEBIRI AND DON CHEADLE IN REVIVAL OF “PROOF” ON BROADWAY. TICKETS ON SALE NOW.
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FOR RELEASE ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, PLEASE
ADDITIONAL STARS ANNOUNCED
AS TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR
THE FIRST EVER BROADWAY REVIVAL OF
“PROOF”
THE TONY AWARD® AND PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAY
WRITTEN BY DAVID AUBURN
DIRECTED BY TONY AWARD WINNER THOMAS KAIL
EMMY® AND SAG AWARD® WINNER
SAMIRA WILEY
AND
GRAMMY AWARD® NOMINEE
JIN HA
JOIN THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED STARS
AYO EDEBIRI & DON CHEADLE
AT BROADWAY’S BOOTH THEATRE
TICKETS ON SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TODAY AT 10 AM
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SHOW POSTER & CAST HEADSHOTS
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New York, NY (November 6, 2025) – Emmy Award® and SAG Award® winner Samira Wiley will make her Broadway debut this spring with Grammy Award® nominee Jin Ha, in the first ever Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize®-winning play Proof, directed by Tony Award winner Thomas Kail as tickets go on-sale today at 10 AM ET to the general public at www.telecharge.com/proof-tickets, by calling 212 239 6200, or at www.proofbroadway.com.
Wiley and Ha join previously announced stars Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe Award® winner Ayo Edebiri and Academy Award® nominee, two-time Golden Globe Award winner, and 11-time Emmy Award nominee Don Cheadle in the strictly limited 16-week engagement which will play the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street) beginning Tuesday, March 31, 2026, ahead of a Thursday, April 16 opening night.
A graduate of Juilliard, Wiley recently returned to the London stage in the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel after having appeared in the National’s production of Blues For An Alabama Sky. Off-Broadway, she starred in the 2016 production of Daphne’s Dive at the Signature Theatre. On television, Wiley was part of the two-time SAG Award-winning ensemble of Netflix’s landmark series “Orange is the New Black” where she played ‘Poussey Washington’ and recently wrapped production on the final season of Hulu’s blockbuster adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” for which she won the 2018 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama and was nominated an additional three times for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
Ha made his Broadway debut in 2017 in Julie Taymor’s production of David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly. The following year he played ‘Annas’ in NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” for which he shared a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. He has played the role of ‘Aaron Burr’ in both the Broadway and Chicago companies of Hamilton, directed by Kail, and most recently received rave reviews for his performance in the world premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s final musical Here We Are at The Shed. On television, he stars as ‘Solomon’ in the Apple TV+ critically adored adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel “Pachinko.”
Photos of the cast of Proof can be found here.
Character renderings of all four cast members created by visual artist Alexis Frankin, and headshots are available for download HERE (credit: Proof on Broadway).
The creative team for Proof will include Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Kris Bowers (original music), Teresa L. Williams (scenic design), Tony Award winner Dede Ayite (costume design), Amanda Zieve (lighting design), Obie Award® winner Justin Ellington and Conor Wang (sound design), Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Mia Neal (hair & wig design), Daniel Swee, CSA (casting director), and Sara Gammage (production stage manager). Baseline Theatrical serves as general manager for the production.
In Proof, Catherine (Edebiri), the brilliant but restless daughter of renowned mathematics professor Robert (Cheadle), is thrust into turmoil when a notebook containing a revelatory proof is discovered after his death. As debate erupts over its true authorship, Catherine must confront the power of legacy, and the cost of proving herself.
Proof had its world premiere Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2000, becoming a sold-out smash and immediately transferred to Broadway where it received six Tony Award nominations and won three including Best Play and the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play has been widely produced all over the country and internationally has received productions in London, Manila, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, and others. Proof was adapted by Auburn into a feature film that was released by Miramax Films in 2005.
Proof is produced by Mike Bosner and Kail.
BIOGRAPHIES
Ayo Edebiri (Catherine) is an award-winning actor, writer, producer, director, and comedian, who is a tour de force both in front of and behind the camera. Currently, Edebiri stars in FX’s, “The Bear,” which debuted in 2022 to critical acclaim, earning 13 Emmy nominations and ten wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series. Edebiri made her directorial debut in season three of “The Bear,” earning Emmy and Directors Guild nominations for “Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.” For her masterful portrayal of sous-chef ‘Sydney,’ she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (season one) and was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress (seasons two and three). She also received Critics Choice, SAG, and Golden Globe Awards for Best Lead Actress (season two) and was nominated again for SAG and Golden Globe Awards for season three. She also co-wrote episode four of the show’s fourth season, “Worms”, now streaming on Hulu. She recently voiced ‘Envy’ in Pixar’s Inside Out 2, the highest-grossing Pixar film of all time, and currently stars in director Luca Guadagnino’s highly anticipated feature, After The Hunt, alongside Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield. She recently wrapped production on the Apple TV+ series “Prodigies,” opposite Will Sharpe, and is set to write the screenplay for A24’s live-action Barney film from Mattel Films and Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% Productions.
Don Cheadle (Robert) is an acclaimed actor, producer, and director known for his versatile career across film, television, and the stage spanning over four decades. Cheadle gained early recognition for his role in Devil in a Blue Dress. He later earned widespread acclaim for his roles in Boogie Nights, Traffic, and Hotel Rwanda which garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He directed, starred in, and produced Miles Ahead, inspired by the life of legendary musician Miles Davis. Additional film credits include Talk To Me, Crash, Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s series, Reign Over Me, The Guard, Out of Sight, Unstoppable, and he starred as ‘Colonel James Rhodes’ in six films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Television credits include “The Rat Pack,” “House of Lies,” “Black Monday” and “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.” A graduate of CalArts BFA Theatre Program, Cheadle is an accomplished stage actor. He originated the role of ‘Booth’ in Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize winning play Topdog/Underdog at New York’s Public Theatre under the direction of George C. Wolfe. Other stage credits include Leon, Lena and Lenz at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis; Cymbeline at the New York Shakespeare Festival; ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore at Chicago’s Goodman Theater; and Athol Fugard’s Blood Knot at the Complex Theater in Hollywood. He also directed Cincinnati Man at the Mixed Blood Theater in Minneapolis and The Trip at Friends and Artists Theater in Hollywood. Cheadle was one of the producers of the Broadway musical A Strange Loop which was nominated for 11 Tony Awards winning Best Musical.
Samira Wiley (Claire) recently starred in the Donmar Warehouse theatre production Intimate Apparel and the Sky Atlantic series “Atomic.” Wiley is best known for her role as ‘Moira’ on Hulu’s prestige drama “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a role that earned her an Emmy win, four Emmy nominations, an NAACP Image Award nomination, and four SAG Award nominations.
In 2022, Wiley headlined the acclaimed Blues For An Alabama Sky at the National Theatre in London. She is also well known for her SAG Award-winning performance as inmate ‘Poussey’ on “Orange Is the New Black.” Samira’s past film credits include Breaking News in Yuba County, Detroit, Social Animals, 37, Nerve, Rob The Mob, Being Flynn, The Sitter, and Vault. Additional television credits include HBO’s “Equal,” Netflix’s “Love, Death and Robots,” a starring role on “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on TV,” and recurring roles on “You’re the Worst” and “Unforgettable.” Wiley also starred in the Off-Broadway play Daphne’s Dive, multiple productions with Moliere in the Park in Brooklyn, and the Theatre of War’s production of Antigone in Ferguson, in addition to co-producing the Broadway play Thoughts of a Colored Man. Wiley is a graduate of The Juilliard School.
Jin Ha (Hal) can currently be seen as ‘Solomon’ in two seasons of the Apple TV+ series “Pachinko,” and in a major role in the latest season of “Only Murders in the Building” on Hulu. Other television credits include the current season of “Poker Face” opposite Cynthia Erivo; Alex Garland’s FX/Hulu’s “Devs;” season one of the HBO Max series “Love Life” opposite Anna Kendrick; and NBC’s Grammy-nominated and Emmy-winning production of “Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert” as ‘Annas’. In film, he most recently appeared in A24’s Civil War and Peter Hedges’ The Same Storm. He recently wrapped a series regular role in season 2 of the Apple TV+ series “Sugar.”
Onstage, he recently completed an Off-Broadway run in Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are. His past work includes Hamilton: An American Musical as ‘Aaron Burr,’ originating the role of ‘Song Liling’ in Julie Taymor’s Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly, and appearing as ‘Hollis Bessemer’ in Sondheim’s Road Show as part of New York City Center’s Encores! series.
Ha is a graduate of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts MFA Acting program and received a B.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University. Ha currently resides in New York City.
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