Storytime with Lady — Radio Serial
Season 1 — Players & Pearls at Club Surrender
A headliner vanishes, a detective inherits a club he never asked for, and Lady keeps the truth folded in her towel. Five acts, twenty-nine scenes, staged at Club Surrender.
The book
Storytime with Lady: Players & Pearls at Club Surrender by Jessica Holter — the full script, shelved in Coffy Books with a page-turning flip book edition.
Episodes in order
SEASON 1 — PLAYERS & PEARLS AT CLUB SURRENDER (Storytime with Lady)
Recordings play in order of appearance in the serial. Share any episode, and the player remembers where you stopped.
Season 1 recordings are being filed. Check back soon.
Season 1 notes
Character roster
Lady (Jacqueline Sinclair)
The Healer • The Hustler • The Quiet Oracle of the Nightlife
Alto with a gentle rasp. Speaks slowly, like every word has been earned — maternal, mystical, matter-of-fact. She doesn’t raise her voice; she raises the truth.
Detective Jimmy Caldwell
Lead POV • Player Guide • Reluctant Heir of Club Surrender
Clipped baritone, South Side Chicago roots, Black gumshoe energy. Short weighted sentences and dry humor that is never cruel; when he gets close to the truth his voice drops half a step.
Lucille “Lucy” Saphire Jones
Club Owner • Legacy Keeper • Daughter of the Temple
Velvet alto with a rasp of experience, a Southern drawl polished in Chicago. Speaks in metaphor and veiled threat — every line is a toast, a warning, or a dare.
Ruby LaRoux (Rochelle “Roobee” Watkins)
The Headliner • The Dreamer • The Woman Who Vanished
Smoky sultry alto. Speaks in riddles, sings in confessions — part lullaby, part alarm.
Funky John (John Fontaine)
Fallen Host • Maestro of Pimp-Noir • Two-Faced Legend
Smooth baritone with a sly teasing lilt, always mid-performance. Alley John speaks slow and soft; Maestro John speaks with rhythm, swagger, and dangerous confidence.
Unpimpable Missy (Missy Malone)
The Untouchable • The Pearl Who Can’t Be Bought
Dry, unimpressed alto. Short cutting truths, never raised. When she pauses, people listen; when she talks, people regret asking.
Scarlett Falls
The Imitator • The Siren • The Pearl with a Shadow
Breathless soprano with a smoky undertone. Always auditioning. When nervous she talks too fast; when lying she talks too slow.
Pete Prayer (Peter Baptiste)
The Gifted Voice • The Haunted Heart
Tenor with gospel clarity and secular ache. Speaks softly, sings boldly, talks like he is still deciding what he believes.