Tony Nominated Actress Johanna Day Directs "Proof"
Learn more about the incredible Johanna Day who has signed on to direct our upcoming production of the Pulitzer Prize winning play "Proof" by David Auburn. Classics in Color: A Theatre Company & Quick Silver Theater Company are excited to have her on board!
Johanna Day won the Helen Hayes Award as Leading Actress in a Resident Play for her starring role in the 2006 Arena Stage production of The Rainmaker. She appeared as Barbara Fordham in the 2007 performance of August: Osage County at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway and played Claire in the 2000 production of David Auburn's Proof at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
In 2000 she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in Proof.
In 2008 she was a nominee for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her role of Ann in the Second Stage Theatre production of Edward Albee's Peter and Jerry.
In August 2013 Johanna Day costarred with Reg Rogers in the world premiere of Carly Mensch’s play Oblivion at the Westport Country Playhouse. She co-starred with Amelia Campbell in Penn State Centre Stage 2013 production of David Lindsay-Abaire's play Good People. She appeared with Tracy Letts and Parker Posey in the world premiere of Will Eno's play The Realistic Joneses on April 20, 2012 at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Joanna Day has frequently appeared in guest roles on television dramas including on Alpha House, Elementary, Masters of Sex, The Americans, Royal Pains, Fringe, Judging Amy, All My Children, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She appeared in the 2011 television short Henry.
She is especially known for her role of Marilyn Stafford on the daytime TV drama All My Children.
