The Staff
DELLACROIX – The host, dapper.
BELLA – The barista.
MEYERS – An elderly boat captain.
MORRIS – Completer of odd jobs, loud.
NORRIS – Completer of even jobs, irritated.
The Writers
PENELOPE BAIN – 20s, a social media star, having just written her first book.
DEBORAH HASKINS – 30s-40s, part of the Haskins husband-wife team.
GREGORY HASKINS – 30s-40s, her husband, kind of a doofus.
CARSWELL CHALMERS – 60s-70s, a former pulp novelist of noir mysteries.
VAMPETTA – Any age, the gothic queen of murder mysteries.
BRENDA – 20s-30s, a mystery.
ZAK – Early 20s, the student of a famous novelist, a bro.
JENNIFER MILAM – Any age, Southern, the writer of self-published cozy mysteries.
Author’s Notes
ZAK and DELLACROIX: These characters need to be mistaken for each other at one point, so they should superficially resemble each other as much as possible (same gender, build, height, etc.).
Gender of the characters: The writers should probably be played as their depicted gender. The roles of Bella, Norris, Morris, and Dellacroix may be played by actors of any gender – please change pronouns accordingly. Meyers should probably be played as female, but in a pinch could be male.
If names need to be changed, please use the following:
- Brenda change to Brian
- Vera Braxton change to Vincent Braxton
Author’s Notes
ZAK and DELLACROIX: These characters need to be mistaken for each other at one point, so they should superficially resemble each other as much as possible (same gender, build, height, etc.).
Gender of the characters: The writers should probably be played as their depicted gender. The roles of Bella, Norris, Morris, and Dellacroix may be played by actors of any gender – please change pronouns accordingly. Meyers should probably be played as female, but in a pinch could be male.
If names need to be changed, please use the following:
- Brenda change to Brian
- Vera Braxton change to Vincent Braxton