When Juliet took the sleeping potion from the Friar, I whispered to Chris, “Doesn’t she know! Doesn’t she know what’s going to happen!”

“Don’t spoil the ending!” he said and then assured me. “There are usually happy endings.”

At the end, I almost shed a tear. But the lights came on with applause. Romeo and Juliet ran onto the stage with smiles on their faces and red splatters on their clothes.