The second couple is a decade younger than Maggie and Frank. She’s trying to find out who dumped that body, which turns out to be a Russian fisherman he’s trying to stop crucial nuclear secrets from being snatched by the Soviets. The cases they’re working on are seemingly separate. Maggie (Kirsten Potter), a hard-working police detective, is having a fling with Frank (Brendan Ford), an FBI agent. Immediately, we segue to a scene involving one of the play’s three romantic couples, each at a different stage of life. A body is dumped furtively into Boston Harbor on a foggy night. Much of the fun is derived from watching the playwright deftly keep all his narrative plates spinning simultaneously. In “Red Herring,” Hollinger has concocted a combination whodunit/romantic comedy/Cold War espionage thriller – with a big dose of herrings, red and otherwise, thrown in for good measure.
He’s tackled a wide array of subjects, from medieval religious farce (“Incorruptible”) to the backstage, backstabbing politics of a string quartet (“Opus”), and his magpie-like fascinations result in periods of intense research. Hollinger, a Philadelphia playwright whose work isn’t often seen out here, is noted for his stylistic range. All four interests come together, inexplicably yet convincingly, in “Red Herring,” which opened Saturday at the Laguna Playhouse in a smartly conceived and well-cast Southern California debut. Find more information about the performances at įor more information about the auditions, please contact Theresa Lauricella at Michael Hollinger is a student of Shakespeare, Golden Age Broadway shows, film noir and the politics of the McCarthy era. Rehearsals begin September 12 with weekend performances in the Turner Studio Theatre from October 28 - November 6, 2022. A blunt-nosed, sharp-eyed look at love and tying (and untying, and retying) the knot. 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. 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.
"Red Herring” combines three love stories, a murder mystery, and a nuclear espionage plot converge in this noir comedy about marriage and other explosive devices. The community is also welcome to audition. “Sasha has many Theatre Program acting credits, including Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Alais in The Lion in Winter, and Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer however, Red Herring will mark her directing debut,” said Lauricella.Īuditions are open to all Clark State students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
Lauricella said Frank also directed the TAP show "Check Please" last fall and brings co-director, Sasha Kozlova, a 2020 Clark State Theatre Arts Program graduate.
“The show was slated for Fall 2021, but with the Covid trends, it had to be postponed,” said Theresa Lauricella, Professor and Coordinator, Theatre Arts Program. The show will be directed by Paden Frank and Aleksandra (Sasha) Kozlova. Wednesday, September 7, in the Clark State Performing Arts Center Turner Studio Theatre.Īctors should preregister for auditions at and prepare a 1-minute contemporary comedic monologue for auditions. The Clark State College Theatre Arts Program (TAP) will hold auditions for the fall production of Red Herring by Michael Hollinger.Īuditions will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 6, with callbacks at 7 p.m.
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