Author Archive: Betsy Luntao

#08 Ted Hibbard

Play it baby!

That clarinet player that Bobbi’s got her shy eye on.  He has a habit of getting in debt and then he has to deal with unscrupulous characters.

#06 Louis “The Noose” Ferrone

Doesn’t take a genius to know you shouldn’t borrow money from this character, but desperate times call for desperate actions, and when you’re that desperate, Louis’ll have your back… until it’s time to pay it back… then you might just find a knife in your back…

#05 Mama Hertz

Have you lost weight? Don't worry, we'll fix that.

Married to Papa Hertz, Mama Hertz has a special table she was saving just for you. That’s the kind of sweet old lady she is. She’ll want you to bundle up so you don’t catch a chill, eat a lot so you’ll grow big and strong, get married, and have lots of babies.

Why does she wear Victorian style dresses in the 1940’s setting? … I dunno, just felt like she should.

#04 Marge Hickaby

Suck it in, girl.

Not a lot of the performers like Marge’s abrupt attitude when it comes to dressing and costuming, but she’s known to work fitting miracles and has never had a performer late to stage on account of wardrobe.

Rumor has it, one of the chorus line girls split an embarrassing seam running along her… lower-lower back *cough* and Marge mended it from behind the stage curtain in 1 minute 27 seconds flat before the girl had to show her back side to the audience during the dance.

She’s just that good.

#03 Leroy

DISASTER! It's the end of the world as we know it!

Leroy, esteemed newspaper salesman. He reads about so much bad news in the papers he sells, that he’s become quite paranoid.

#02 Papa Hertz

Grandpapa's Suspender Still Have That Somethin'-Somethin'

My first set of 10 characters are going to be set in America’s late 30′s/early 40′s time period. Lots of Swing music, art deco, greasy spoon diners, ritzy night clubs, gangsters, that kind of awesome stuff.

Bobbi’s boss, the owner of The Golden Cat Club. He insists that everyone call him “Papa Hertz” claiming he’s older than all of them anyway. An immigrant from Switzerland, he’s always seen wearing his grandfather’s suspenders as a lucky charm. (Mrs. Hertz says he even sleeps with them on.)

Papa Hertz treats his staff well (as long as they follow the rules) and pays them fairly. Morale among the staff is generally high in accordance with his jovial attitude and grandfatherly presence, but he has no tolerance for troublemakers or shenanigans within his establishment.

#01 Bobbi Lorrel

My first set of 10 characters are going to be set in America’s late 30’s/early 40’s time period. Lots of Swing music, art deco, greasy spoon diners, ritzy night clubs, gangsters, that kind of awesome stuff.

This is the female protagonist. In comparison to the flashy show girls, she’s the meek mouse, overlooked and unappreciated  Coat Check Girl, Bobbi Lorrel, of The Golden Cat Club.

Tired of watching her life pass by one coat at a time, she craves a little excitement, or at very least that the clarinet player would ask her out for coffee sometime.