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Players & Pearls

Welcome Sleuths! 

Step into Club Surrender, where every curtain conceals a clue and every song moves the story along. You are the Sleuths — the curious, the seekers, the ones who listen between the lines. ​Here, you’ll meet our Coffy Box AI Characters and Recording Artists. ​​This page is your portal into the mystery — a place where art, technology, and community converge. Every lyric, every photograph, every link is a clue in the unfolding narrative of Players & Pearls. ​So, lean in, sleuths. Follow the music. Decode the story. And let the cabaret reveal its secrets… one lost pearl at a time.

🕵🏽 What We Know…

Club Surrender has reopened on the South Side of Chicago, drawing couples from across the city for a Valentine’s night of glamour, secrets, and velvet intrigue. But when the headliner vanishes after the first act, Club Owner Lucy calls on her old friend, Detective Jimmy, to investigate quietly. The show must go on — but behind the curtains, danger is already in play.

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CHARACTERS & RECORDING ARTISTS

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Lucy

Club Owner, Club Surrender

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Emcee Skawla

Recording Artist, Emcee, B Girl, Budding Water Mogul, Intern at CFFY AI Radio

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Ruby

Headliner at Club Surrender who went missing after her first act on the night in question.

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Detective Jimmy

A detective called in to Club Surrender by Lucy, a friend, to quietly investigate Ruby's disappearance.

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Lotta Moxi

Sultry Singer, Recording Artist and Mistress

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Scarlet Falls

Singer & performer who wants desperately to take Ruby's place as headliner at Club Surrender.

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Sarh-Sarah

Popular Gospel House Music Singer who crashes the party looking for her husband.

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Pete Prayer

Singer, and Guest at Club Surrender

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Bettie

Former Showgirl, Wife of Detective Jimmy

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Jaime the Panthress

Poet, Legendary Community Hero

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Brown Viking

Rock Star, Recording Artist

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Funky John

Former partner of Lucy, now living in the alley behind Club Surrender

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Lady

Concierge of Lady's Room, Host of Storytime with Lady

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Max A Million

Illusive Radio Show Host at CFFY AI Radio

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Unpimpable Missy

Recording Artist, Performer

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Little Jessica

Poet, Storyteller, Jessica Holter's Little Jessica AI Character

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Felicity Cruze

Marketing Director, Coffy Town Publicity, Coffy Talk Community Coordinator

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Pantomime Performers

The Performers Club Surrender’s dancers and pantomime artists bring noir to life through movement — interpreting the mystery with sultry choreography, silent storytelling, and emotionally charged physicality. Their performances elevate the classic gumshoe radio serial into a living, breathing experience, where every gesture is a clue and every glance could be a confession.

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Upcoming Events

  • 💘 Love in the Upper Room: A Black Noir Valentine Experience
    💘 Love in the Upper Room: A Black Noir Valentine Experience
    Membership Offer
    Sat, Feb 14
    Feb 14, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
    Urban Society Enterprise, 258 E 115th St, Chicago, IL 60628, USA
    A Black Date Night on the South Side of Chicago with Writer Jessica Holter (The Punany Poets), Comedian D-Man Seabrooks, and our talented friends!

🎧 Players & Pearls: The Club Surrender Soundtrack

 

Music that moves the mystery.

 

Step inside the velvet-drenched world of Club Surrender with a soundtrack that blurs the line between story and seduction. Crafted through Suno’s vocal alchemy and your original poetry, these songs aren’t just background music — they’re clues, confessions, and character revelations disguised as cabaret, trap‑house gospel, noir jazz, and spoken‑word seduction.

 

Every track pulls you deeper into the Players & Pearls mystery: Ruby’s disappearance, Scarlett Falls’ dangerous ambition, Funky John’s alley‑side secrets, Missy’s unpimpable truth, and Detective Jimmy’s unraveling heart. Voices collide, rhythms shift, and the plot thickens with every beat.

This soundtrack is the pulse of the story — a living score for a whodunit that unfolds across stage, screen, and the streets of Chicago’s South Side. Listen closely. The music knows more than it’s saying.

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