LUYE presents “Red Herring”
September 26 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
LEND US YOUR EARS (LUYE) presents Michael Hollinger’s mystery-thriller-parody-spoof Red Herring for the Pay-What-You-Will play-reading series September 26, 2026, at 2pm.
Come hear a reading of Red Herring, Michael Hollinger’s comedy about love, murder and nuclear espionage in 1952. Red Herring follows marriage, intrigue, marriage, mystery, spies and the pursuit of Havana honeymoons to their farcical extremes and performs on September 26th, 2pm on the BTG stage, kicking off LUYE’s 9th season.
The Pay-What-You-Will performance, directed by Les Campbell, discovers Joe McCarthy’s daughter dating a spy in the shadow of the first H-Bomb test and detective Maggie Pelletier identifying a body dumped in the harbor before it wrecks her honeymoon. Shenanigans with a noir spin, with tying, untying and retying the knot, Red Herring will be performed by talented local actors and contains adult language and adult situations.
LEND US YOUR EARS (with the mission: Good Plays Read Well) produces matinee readings with local actors in front of the curtains, with general admission seating and the audience choosing what it wants to pay. No reservations necessary and any questions can be directed to LUYE Artistic Director, Sean Walbeck (sean@gigglewax.com, 360-647-9242).
Red Herring is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service (www.concordtheatricals.com).