Best Season for an Actor — Small Company

Brett Aune is one of the finest actors around. He brought both passion and particularity to the role of Hal, the mathematics professor whose flirtation with the moody Catherine was tainted by self-interest in Curious’s Proof. We believed he was brainy, yet he was also nerdily charming. As Vladimir in the Bug’s Waiting for Godot, he was almost dapper, a spry music-hall figure in a neat black suit, and his delivery of Vladimir’s final speeches was quietly moving. He also works generously with other actors. His patter with Gary Culig’s Estragon was empathetic and perfectly timed; with Rebecca Buric Luna in Proof, he was vulnerable and disarming.