McCarthy, Airport Announcer) is making his PPF debut in Red Herring. MEET THE CAST AND DIRECTOR OF RED HERRING Director Beth Hughes-Brown is a master at mounting this type of comedy and will have audiences in stitches with this production.” says Chip Gertzog, Technical Director for the production. Relatively simple settings, effective use of the entire stage, and the use of projection will help set the mood, place and pace of the show. “The challenge in this production is the multiple settings, 24 very fast paced scenes and the farcical timing of the play. The play is challenging technically, particularly on a fairly small stage. Fast-paced, smart and very funny, we knew our audiences would love it.” We vetted it at one of our monthly play readings and those present at the reading are still probably laughing. Providence Players Board President Jayne Victor, who appears in the production says “PPF Board Member John Coscia had seen Hollinger’s play and suggested the company take a look at it as a possibility or this season. Photo by Chip Gertzog.Ībout the production Hughes-Brown says, “We all need a good laugh (and not a sarcastic one, or one where you feel the need to check to see who’s watching), but a good, life-affirming belly laugh. With that goal in mind, I’ve assembled some of the finest comedians I’ve come across in my theatrical career for your pleasure for two hours of your life with thanks to Michael Hollinger, who really knows how to string words together to accomplish “the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement” – a.k.a., the Oxford Dictionary’s definition of laughter! Red Herring is a romp of a show that will take you from bedroom to bedroom, to a fishing pier and a morgue, to a bar, hotel room and confessional, and of course a boat or two – all at the time of Senator Joe McCarthy’s hearings that tried to rout the Red Scourge (Commies!) from our country. It’s a who-dunnit and a love story at the same time – or rather, make that THREE love stories.” James McDaniel and Tina Thronson. The show is fast paced and Director Beth Hughes-Brown has crafted a devilishly funny production. Over the course of two dozen, funny and surprising scenes, the play takes you from the fishing docks in Boston, to Senator Joseph McCarthy’s home in Wisconsin, back to various locale’s in 1952 Boston, and on to the South Pacific for a nuclear test. L to R: Charlene Sloan, Christopher Crockett and Tina Thronson. 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. Frank, a rough-and-tumble G-man and his tough-as-nails girlfriend, policewoman Maggie, are caught in a deliciously tangled plot involving three love stories, a murder mystery and nuclear espionage. It’s 1952 and America likes Ike and hates Commies. Liz Mykietyn and Christopher Crockett in the Providence Players Production of ‘Red Herring.’ Photo by Chip Gertzog. Classified (highly) as a “comedic noir fable” Red Herring is a madcap mash-up of a spy thriller, hard-boiled detective story and romantic comedy. The Providence Players close their 2015-2016 season with a number of belly laughs from Michael Hollinger’s comedy Red Herring. The production opens Friday, June 3rd and runs through the 18th at the James Lee Community Center Theater in Falls Church.
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