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1920s Speakeasy · TV-MA
THE GILDED MASQUERADE
New York City, 1927. By day, you wear the mask society expects. By night, you're finally yourself. Welcome to the underground.
New York City, 1927. By day, you wear the mask society expects. By night, you're finally yourself. Welcome to the underground.
Prohibition is the law, but the real underground goes deeper. You've found your way to The Gilded Masquerade—a secret speakeasy where the city's outcasts become its true elite. By day, you wear the mask society expects. By night, you're finally yourself.
Navigate jazz-soaked nights, dangerous liaisons, and the constant threat of raids while protecting the family you've found. The cops are crooked, the mob wants a cut, and someone is threatening to expose everything. In this glittering underworld, loyalty is everything.
The club's star singer, whose voice can hush a room or start a riot. You've built a following and a reputation - both as an artist and as someone who knows everyone's secrets.
You keep the booze flowing and the money moving. Connections to the suppliers, knowledge of every tunnel and back alley, and the street smarts to stay one step ahead of the law.
By day, you're the toast of high society - charity galas, society pages, impeccable reputation. By night, you slip away to the only place you feel real. Your double life is your greatest asset and your greatest risk.
Private investigator with a nose for trouble and a talent for finding what people want hidden. You stumbled into the Masquerade following a case and found a home. Now you use your skills to protect it.
You came to America chasing the dream but found the doors of 'legitimate' society closed. At the Masquerade, your accent and background don't matter - only your loyalty. You've built a community within a community.
Old money, old name, and a suffocating prison of expectations. Your family would disown you if they knew the truth about any part of your life. The Masquerade is the only place you've ever felt free.
You transform on stage into someone society would never accept - and it's the truest you've ever been. Whether it's drag, burlesque, or theatrical spectacle, your art is revolutionary.
Your instrument speaks what words can't say. Part of the house band, you set the mood that makes the Masquerade magic. The music is the signal, the cover, and the soul of this place.
The staff, performers, and regulars of the Gilded Masquerade. Your found family. Protect them at all costs.. Home and heart.
Italian mob family that controls most bootlegging in the city. They want a cut of everything - or they want you gone.. Dangerous business partners or enemies.
Federal agents hunting speakeasies. Some can be bribed. Others are true believers. Learn the difference fast.. The law that threatens everything.
Local cops who raid 'indecent' establishments. More interested in headlines and payoffs than actual law enforcement.. Corrupt but manageable threat.
The wealthy elite who publicly condemn places like the Masquerade but secretly attend or protect them. Useful but dangerous allies.. Hypocrites with power.
Other speakeasies, performers, and outcasts across the city. When trouble comes, you help each other.. Solidarity among the marginalized.
Gather 2-6 for the family. The music plays on—join when you're ready.