Stagestruck Secretary — Lucy Barry

Had Patsy found a new and exciting career for herself only to lose the boy she was engaged to? A fascinating tale of how a seventeen-year old reaches the threshold of maturity through her first job as a production secretary.

Act I, Scene I...
When her fiance Bob Stanley decided they should wait to get married until he finished college, Patsy Barlow knew that she had to look for another job ... she couldn't stay in the steno pool at L and G Advertising for three years! But interesting jobs for recent secretarial school graduates are scarce, Patsy was getting discouraged when the school called a position was open in the office of O. J. Janfield the theatrical producer... Unbelievably Patsy got the job! She was also bitten by the "theater bug" -- the stage and everything about it soon occupied most of her thoughts ... and a young press agent, Preston Elliot began to occupy more and more of her time. Before she knew what was happening, Patsy found herself confronted with an unhappy choice, her new career in the theater or her engagement to Bob...

DREAM OF LOVE...
She dreamed that she and Bob were sitting on a couch in front of a huge fireplace at an inn in New Hampshire. They had been hiking all day and were lazily enjoying the fire, holding hands. Bob leaned over and kissed her. Patsy felt absolutely content and very much in love. He kissed her again... "Wake up, Sleeping Beauty."
"Don't wanna," Patsy mumbled.
"You must, honey."
Honey. Bob never called her honey. And those lips weren't Bob's...
She opened her eyes. "Where am I."
"At Pop's Delicatessen, honey," Preston Elliot told her, laughing...

Hero: Bob Stanley
Heroine: Patsy Barlow