The Secretary
by Kyle John Schmidt
Directed by Claire LaNicca
September 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, October 2, 3 & 4, 2025
(All performances at 8:00 PM)
The Secretary is an offbeat comedy about safety, love, and guns in a world that’s up in arms.
Ruby runs a small-town gun company that aims to protect women by helping them protect themselves. With products like The Bridesmaid, The Babysitter and The Mallwalker, each of the company’s guns is named after a woman who used a gun and saved a life–more often than not, her own. When an elderly secretary at the local high school confronts a threat in her office with six bullets, Ruby responds by naming her latest gun after the reluctant hero: “The Secretary.” But as production begins on The Secretary, guns start going off all around town–and no one’s pulling the trigger…but sales are through the roof!
This production is an absurdist take on the world of gun manufacturing and gun culture. It is a comedy but one with many dark undertones. While there is no actual gun violence on stage, there are several scenes of characters talking about gun violence that we don’t see and characters that carry and point stage guns at each other at times.
Cast/Crew List:
- CAST (in order of appearance):
- Ruby – Raia Hirsch
- Janelle – Emma McGee
- April – Kayamarie Roll
- Lorrie – Angela Nalley
- Brandy – Christine Gallagher
- Shirley – Bekka Eaton
- PRODUCTION TEAM
- Claire LaNicca – Director
- Katie Ruwe – Stage Manager
- Averie Shutters – Costumes
- Samantha Joy Weil – Music/Sound Design