Overview
- Jane Schoenbrun will direct a one-night live reading of the 2002 screenplay Secretary at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills on July 28.
- Gillian Anderson is set to read the role of E. Edward Grey and Hannah Einbinder will read Lee Holloway, with Schoenbrun providing the action-description narration.
- The event is part of Film Independent’s Live Read series and is presented in partnership with MUBI, linking the staging to Schoenbrun’s MUBI-distributed film release.
- Organizers say the reading will revisit Secretary’s portrayal of a dominant–submissive relationship and the largely two‑hander format invites deliberate recontextualization, including a gender‑swapped casting choice.
- The original film, written by Erin Cressida Wilson, is a widely cited cult classic for humanizing BDSM, and additional cast members and ticket details will be announced ahead of the event.