RED HERRING
By Michael Hollinger
Co-directed by Chuck Buchs-Hammonds and Jody Steinke
Comedy
October 16-18; 22-24, 2009
World premiere, Arden Theatre Company (2000); Actors Theatre of Louisville (2002); Florida Stage (2002); City Theatre Company (2001); Berkshire Theatre Festival workshop (1999); Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play (2000).
THE STORY: Three love stories, a murder mystery, and a nuclear espionage plot converge in this noir comedy about marriage and other explosive devices. It’s 1952: America’s on the verge of the H-bomb, Dwight Eisenhower’s on the campaign trail, and I Love Lucy’s on Monday nights. Meanwhile, Senator Joe McCarthy’s daughter just got engaged to a soviet spy, and Boston detective Maggie Pelletier has to find out who dumped the dead guy in the Harbor – or else lose out on a honeymoon in Havana. A blunt-nosed, sharp-eyed look at love and tying (and untying, and retying) the knot.
