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Home Welcome About Northside Northside News  Current Production Ticket Information Donate Reviews Map Auditions Employment Links/Resources back to top of page	2012 - 2013 34th Anniversary Season DINNER WITH FRIENDS     by Donald Margulies Two married couples, Karen, Gabe, Beth and Tom, have been best friends for years. One night, during a "couples dinner" that Tom does not attend, Beth reveals that Tom has left her for another woman. Gabe and Karen are crushed, having expected to grow old and fat together. Later, Tom rushes over to his friends to present his side of the story. Gabe and Karen find themselves forced to pick sides, while simultaneously analyzing the strength of their own marriage. This play shows us the reality, the trauma and the comedy of any long-term relationship. Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize. directed by Richard T. Orlando Performances: October 11th - November 4th, 2012 Auditions: August 20 & 21, 2012 (Monday and Tuesday) A CHRISTMAS CAROL        A holiday ghost story by Charles Dickens      Northside Theatre Company presents its 29th annual production of this holiday event. This excellent stage adaptation of the Dickens’ classic captures all the power, humor and warmth this ageless tale has to offer. It is a great Christmas present for the entire family. This is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a lonely miser, who, through the help of spirits and visions from his past, present and future, finds a second chance to become a loving, generous, kind human being. Performances December 5th - 23rd, 2012  Auditions October 22 & 23, 2012   PROOF     by David Auburn              On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, must face the fact that she has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must confront her own volatile emotions, the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire, and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father’s madness—or genius—will she inherit? Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play. Directed by Meredith King Performances: April 18 - May 12, 2013  Auditions: February 25 & 26, 2013          THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED A comedy by Douglas Carter Beane Hollywood! Love it or leave it! THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED follows the adventures of Mitchell Green, a movie star who could hit it big if it weren't for one teensy-weensy problem. His agent, Diane, can't seem to keep him in the closet. Trying to help him navigate Hollywood's choppy waters, the devilish Diane is doing all she can to keep Mitchell away from the cute rent boy who's caught his eye and the rent boy's girlfriend (wait, the rent boy has a girlfriend?). Will there be a happy ending as the final credits roll? This hilarious send up of the "ins and outs" of Hollywood will keep you laughing from start to finish! Performances: June 20th - July 14th, 2013 Auditions: April 29 & 30, 2013 Olinder Theatre, 848 East William Street, San Jose CA 95116 (408) 288-7820    northside8@hotmail.com