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Art

Presented by Northside Theatre Company at Olinder Theatre

February 9-March 4, 2012

One of Marc's best friends, Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting. It's about five feet by four, all white with white diagonal lines. To Marc, the painting is a joke, but Serge insists Marc doesn't have the proper standard to judge the work. Another friend, Ivan, allows himself to be pulled into this disagreement. Eager to please, Ivan tells Serge he likes the painting.

Lines are drawn and these old friends square off over the canvas, using it as an excuse to relentlessly

Educating Rita

Presented by Northside Theatre Company at Olinder Theatre

April 12-May 6, 2012

Frank is a tutor of English in his fifties whose disillusioned outlook on life drives him to drink and bury himself in his books. Enter Rita, a forthright 26 year-old hairdresser who is eager to learn. After weeks of cajoling, Rita slowly wins over the very hesitant Frank with her innate insight and refusal to accept no for an answer.

Their relationship as teacher and student blossoms, ultimately giving Frank a new sense of self and Rita the knowledge she so craves.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Presented by Northside Theatre Company at Olinder Theatre

June 14-July 8, 2012

This play is a macabre yet funny tale of two women who find themselves victims of their cultural isolation and existential loneliness. The play takes us to a solitary cottage in the village of Leenane, Western Ireland, where Maureen, a rather plain woman of about forty, and her seemingly senile mother, Mag, live their days in a never ending battle with one another. Maureen’s selfish yearning to marry and be rid of her wretched lifestyle provokes the worst of her mother’s own

A Christmas Carol - Northside Theatre Company

Presented by Northside Theatre Company at Olinder Theatre

December 7-December 24, 2011

Northside Theatre Company presents its 28th 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.

Fool for Love

Presented by Northside Theatre Company at Olinder Theatre

October 6-October 30, 2011

Sam Shepard's Fool For Love is a classic of the American stage. It tells the story of Eddie and May, two passionate yet tormented lovers who find it impossible to live with or without each other, no matter what the consequences. Their battle plays out as they trade barbs, heartbreak and painful revelations, they take themselves, and the audience, on a journey that will be impossible to forget.

Darwin in Malibu

Presented by Northside Theatre Company at Olinder Theatre

June 16-July 10, 2011

Malibu, California... The Present... One hundred and twenty years after his death, Charles Darwin is hanging out in a beach house with a girl young enough to be his daughter. His peace is rudely disturbed when his old friend Thomas Huxley washes up on the beach closely followed by the Bishop of Oxford. Darwin suddenly finds himself entangled in an enthralling and thought-provoking comedy about God, science and plastic surgery.

Enchanted April

Presented by Northside Theatre Company at Olinder Theatre

April 14-May 8, 2011

When two frustrated London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two very different English women to share the cost and the experience. There, among the wisteria blossoms and Mediterranean sunshine, all four bloom again — rediscovering themselves in ways that they, and we, could never have expected.

Deathtrap

Presented by Northside Theatre Company at Olinder Theatre

February 10-March 6, 2011

Seemingly comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a "dry" spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college — a thriller which Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway hit.

Sidney's plan, which he