Narrator (Ava):
And the fateful dawn struck,
The parting of Romeo and Juliet was due;
And the night had been spent well — oh, fuck!
The day was already starting anew.

[Romeo climbs down the cloth ladder]

Juliet (Jisung): Don’t go; it’s just the dawn.

Romeo (Hyunjin): (climbs back up) Aight, if you say so.

Juliet (Jisung): (panics) No, wait, I was kidding. Go! Save yourself!

Romeo (Hyunjin): Make up your mind, woman!

[Enter The Nurse]

The Nurse (Chan): You’re still here? Hurry, Mommy Capulet is on her way!

[Exit Romeo, falling off the ladder and landing into the dirt face-first, and scurrying away]
[Enter Lady Capulet]

Mommy Capulet: Juliet, I have news for you.

Juliet (Jisung): (gasps) You’re getting me a new hairband!

Mommy Capulet: How did I raise such a dumb kid?

[The Nurse snickers]

Mommy Capulet: Anyways, you’re getting married to Paris.

Juliet (Jisung): Paris? What kinda name is that? Might as well marry London at this point!

Mommy Capulet: Good point. But what’s in the name?

Juliet (Jisung): Would you have been content with your life, had you named me Giuseppe?

The Nurse (Chan): Watch it, kiddo. He was my first lover.

Juliet (Jisung): A Giuseppe? Seriously?

Mommy Capulet: But the point is that you’re getting married to him on Thursday.

The Nurse (Chan): Can’t save you any longer, kiddo. You’re on your own now.

Juliet (Jisung):
Limtlessly betrayed, I feel,
As if the Heavens are thundering upon me;
But what about the knot I did seal
With Romeo Montague, to set myself free?

[Enter Lord Capulet]

Papa Capulet: …what did you say?

Juliet (Jisung): When did you come in?

Mommy Capulet: You married Romeo Montague!

Papa Capulet: Without our permission!

The Nurse (Chan): (whispers) Oh, no, this is bad.

Juliet (Jisung): (cries) I don’t want to marry London! I love Romeo!

Papa Capulet: You are grounded until Thursday — the day of your wedding!

Juliet (Jisung): No, wait…!

[Exit the Lord and Lady Capulet]

Juliet (Jisung): What do I do now?

The Nurse (Chan): I think… you should marry Paris.

Juliet (Jisung): But I’m already wedded! To Romeo!

The Nurse (Chan): He might as well be dead by now, knowing that he’s banished in Verona.

Juliet (Jisung): I’ve never felt so betrayed!

[Juliet climbs over the balcony and latches onto the cloth ladder]

The Nurse (Chan): Sweet Heavens; what are you doing now!

Juliet (Jisung): Going to Friar Lawrence’s! Don’t follow me!

[Exit Juliet]