Cast:
Ariel:
Late forties/early fifties, female, Korean-American.
Co-owner of Nice Nail, with her husband Maurice.
Thick Korean accent.
Her real name is Hyeon-Jin (賢振).
Maurice:
Late forties/early fifties, male, Korean-American.
Co-owner of Nice Nail, with his wife Ariel.
Thick Korean accent.
His real name is Min-Gyeong (敏敬).
Jasmine:
Twenties, female, Korean-American.
Maurice’s and Ariel’s daughter and de facto Nice Nail employee.
The slightest of Korean accents.
Her real name is Jeong-Sook (正淑).
Nomfundo:
Twenties-forties, female, black South African.
New Nice Nail employee.
Thick Zulu accent.
Helene:
Late seventies/early eighties, female, Jewish-American, white.
Longtime, loyal Nice Nail customer.
Thick New York Jewish accent, originally from the Bronx.
Either dyes her hair or wears a wig—not gray or white.
Jacob:
Late twenties, transmasculine, Jewish-American, white.
Helene’s grandson and new Nice Nail customer.
Very slight New York accent.
Has a mohawk or some funky hair color, like green.
Alyssa*:
Twenties/thirties, female, American, any ethnicity.
Nice Nail customer. Hair long, half-up.
Lydia*:
Early forties, female, American, any ethnicity.
Nice Nail customer. Hair long, a hot frizzy mess.
Rachel*:
Thirties, female, American, any ethnicity.
Nice Nail customer. Hair long, in a tight pony.
Eve*:
Thirties/forties, female, American, any ethnicity.
Nice Nail customer. Hair long, down, flowy.
Katy*:
Late twenties, female, American, any ethnicity.
NY State Deptartment of Labor investigator.
Hair long, in her face and her eyes and her mouth.
Charlotte*:
Forties/fifties, female, English, any ethnicity.
Nice Nail customer. Hair short, posh.
* = these roles are played by the same actor