(Full Synopsis)

Set in a traditional Korean village society shaped by status anxiety and arranged marriage customs, the musical unfolds around a wedding scheme whose deception exposes vanity, class pretension, and unexpected moral truth.

The pompous and status-obsessed Maeng Jinsa arranges for his daughter Gapbun to marry the son of a prestigious noble household without ever properly seeing the groom. When a rumor spreads that the groom Mieun is physically impaired, panic erupts. Unable to break the alliance yet desperate to protect his family’s honor, Maeng Jinsa plots to disguise the servant girl Ippuni as the bride while hiding his daughter away.

On the wedding day, the supposed disabled groom arrives revealed as a handsome and noble young man. Chaos follows, but before the deception can be undone, the marriage ceremony is completed. In the final reversal, Mieun reveals he knowingly chose the kind-hearted Ippuni over the vain aristocratic daughter, overturning social hypocrisy through love, wit, and moral clarity.

Combining satire, comic confusion, and folk theatrical energy, the musical transforms a classic modern Korean dramatic text into an enduring musical comedy.