"Exceedingly funny. A genuinely human comedy about six people in search of love in a mixed-up world. A thoroughly engaging piece of theatre." -Philadelphia Inquirer.

"Hilarious. A valentine celebrating love and marriage. A fun, engaging, farcical romp with a cleverly complex plot and a loving heart." -Main Line Times.

"It's a knock-out-a surprising, clever comedy that keeps you laughing and even thinking all the way." -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

"Very funny and perceptive, sharp, witty, and entertaining." -Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

 

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.

Cast:
Maggie Pelletier...........Jennifer Oliver
Frank Keller......................Bill Taylor
Lynn McCarthy.....Corinne Shumaker
James Appel.....................Zac Elliot
Mrs. Kravitz...............Rhonda Morris
Andrei Borchevsky...Richard Bennett

Production dates: May 9th-24th

About the Director:
View Scott's BoxcarData profile
The Prompter, October 2005, In the Spotlight with Scott Wood, pg. 4


"The Herring Net"
by Winslow Homer

Resources:

 

Notes on Red Herring by Michael Hollinger

Red Herring Study Guide

What is a "red herring"

Film Noir at Wikipedia

Film Noir at GreenCine.com

High Heels on Wet Pavement: Film Noir and the Femme Fatale

Hardboiled Crime Fiction at Wikipedia

1952 Timeline at Wikipedia

McCarthyism at Wikipedia


 

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