Welcome back to Coffy Town Radio Theater. This is Episode Four of Players & Pearls at Club Surrender on Storytime with Lady.

And yes, sugar — I’m Lady. Seamstress to the sparkling jewels of Coffy Town, Concierge of Lady’s Room, and owner of Lady’s Presents. My Self‑Love Body Butter is moving fast in this weather, so if you’ve got any ash or itches to soothe, you just let me know.

Storytime with Lady: Players & Pearls at Club Surrender is part of the Holter Intellectual Property Curriculum. Script and songbook by Jessica Holter, available in print through CoffyBooks.com.

Last episode, Detective Jimmy walked in with guilt on his breath and questions in his pocket, only to find Lucy Sapphire holding her whole world together with a ledger and a prayer that he could find her missing headliner, Ruby LaRoux. Scarlet Falls tested his patience, Unpimpable Missy served him a clean rejection, and Funky John pointed him straight toward the scene of the crime — where only a few pearls lay frozen on the ground in Consequence Street Alley.

Tonight, Club Surrender burns hotter than a serpentine fire when Sarah‑Sarah steps into the spotlight with a little divine intervention aimed right at Lotta Moxi’s designs on Pete Prayer.

Walk with Lady as the story deepens, the strings tighten, and the puppet master finally shows their hand in Players & Pearls at Club Surrender — Episode Four.

This is Episode Three of our Coffy Town Radio Theater show, Players & Pearls at Club Surrender, on Storytime with Lady. That’s me — Seamstress to the sparkling jewels of Coffy Town, Concierge of Lady’s Room, and owner of Lady’s Presents. [Pause] Storytime with Lady: Players & Pearls at Club Surrender is part of the Holter Intellectual Property Curriculum. The script and songbook by Jessica Holter are available in print through CoffyBooks dot com. [Break] Okay, so… On the last episode, curiosity and suspicion drifted like guilty dust motes through the tense atmosphere of Club Surrender as the question dangled on the stage under an empty spotlight... [asks suspiciously] WHERE is Ruby? Club Surrender's headliner Ruby Laroo disappeared inexplicably after her first song, forcing club owner Lucy Sapphire to come out of retirement and perform, and causing me to call Detective Jimmy to investigate. [Break] In this episode, Detective Jimmy arrives to find out that our Coffy Town Players and Pearls are as resistant as they are resilient. Far be it for something like a missing person’s case to stand in the way of Funky John’s plan to get back in position as the show director. [break] With the Club’s survival hanging on a thread, this was his best chance to undo the damage he’d done when he was Lucy’s leading man. Welcome to Players and Pearls at Club Surrender ... Storytime with Lady, Episode Three.

Storytime with Lady: Players & Pearls at Club Surrender — Part 2, Act I: The Show

(Written by Jessica Holter)

Welcome back to Coffy Town, where the lights burn low, the secrets run deep, and every performer carries a story behind their smile. In Part 2 of Players & Pearls at Club Surrender, the curtain finally rises on the full show — a night of music, mystery, and unexpected turns.

This episode opens with our Radio Announcer setting the tone for a Black Noir evening inside Lucy’s legendary nightclub. From there, we step into the spotlight with Ruby LaRoux, Lotta Moxi, and the Coffy Shop Band as they deliver the kind of performances that make Club Surrender feel alive again.

But just as the night hits its stride, something goes wrong.

Ruby disappears.

The band vamps. The crowd murmurs. Skawla tries to hold the room together. And backstage, Lucy learns the truth.

Lady confirms what she already knows in her bones — Ruby is gone. And with that, the promise Ruby once made becomes the only path forward: “If anything ever happens to me… call Detective Jimmy.”

This installment closes with Jimmy getting the call that will pull him back into the world he thought he left behind — and straight into the heart of Club Surrender’s unfolding mystery.

• Radio Announcer opens the night

• Ruby LaRoux takes the stage

• Lotta Moxi performs Sugar’s Home

• The crowd realizes Ruby is missing

• Lucy steps into the spotlight

• Lady makes the call that changes everything

• Detective Jimmy heads to Club Surrender

• Black Noir storytelling

• Mystery and radio theater

• Character‑driven drama

• Musical storytelling

• Episodic suspense

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