April 3-26. Tickets on sale at www.1stStageSpringHill.org/red.
McLean, Va. – "Red Herring", a romantic comedy done in the style of film noir, will be the fourth presentation in the inaugural season of 1st Stage, Fairfax County's first professional theatre studio. The show will open April 3 and run through April 26.
Tickets are available at www.1stStageSpringHill.org/
Part love story, part murder mystery, part spy story, Red Herring is set in 1952. A homicide detective tries to figure out who dumped a body in Boston Harbor as she deals with a Soviet spy, nuclear secrets, and her impending marriage.
Written by Michael Hollinger and winner of the 2000 Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play, Red Herring was first produced by the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
1st Stage, located near Leesburg Pike and the Dulles Toll Road, is home to a non-profit theatre school and 100-seat performance space. Its primary mission is to build a bridge between educational and professional theatre for developing professional artists.
The theatre’s last production, “Pig Farm”, featured a cast of four young local actors, including two making their professional debut. The Washington Post called Pig Farm “high-energy fun” and said “each actor is splendid”.
1st Stage opened in September with "The Suicide", a Russian comedy which won strong reviews, and followed in November with "The Violet Hour", a tragicomic mind-bender, which also won praise from critics.
The theatre chose to locate in Tysons Corner because of the area's expected emergence as an urban center. Its mission statement says 1st Stage "will work to create a strong cultural institution that complements the economic strengths of the community". One of the 1st Stage's key goals is to become a resource that "connects the county and community to fresh, imaginative interpretations of classic and contemporary theatre work."
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