February 12 – March 16, 2008
By Michael Hollinger
Directed by Andrew Barnicle
Take three pairs of lovers, add an unsolved murder, several pinches of espionage and pickle everything in a brine of early Cold War paranoia and you have the ingredients for a side-splitting black comedy enmeshed in tangled romance. Why is Senator Joe McCarthy’s daughter dating a would-be traitor? And what’s that supposedly dead Russian fisherman doing pretending to be feisty landlady Mrs. Kravitz’ deaf husband?
Did we mention the pair of dogged gumshoes? Hollinger’s spoof Red Scare drama
will keep you reeling with laughter and gasping for air.
READ THE REVIEWS!
"But the greatest pleasures of this production are found in the details and the way the performers deliver them." - OC Register
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"Red Herring has much fun with the Soviet-obsessed 1950s in a snappy staging at Laguna Playhouse" - Los AngelesTimes
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“Red Herring looks and sounds terrific; there’s never a dull moment onstage…wildly funny and thoroughly crafty performances.” - OC Weekly
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"...the jokes are crisp and the actors' delivery terrific." - Theatertimes.org
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"It's the most fun of any play I've seen this year (or last year for that matter)."
- Event News
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Read about Red Herring in the latest issue of Callboard
Playwright Michael Hollinger reveals his inspiration for Red Herring
Director Andrew Barnicle talks about directing Red Herring
An Introduction to Film Noir by Alain Silver
A Fish of Many Colors by Paul Hodgins in the OC Register
