In a world where the realistic and the fantastical start the seep into one another, She Kills Monsters follows older sister Agnes, as she copes with grief while learning about her recently deceased younger sister Tilly through one of Tilly's Dungeons and Dragons adventures.
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Creature Creations
As someone who adores Dungeons and Dragons as well as taking on a creative challenge, this play was filled with interesting and welcome projects. There were several projects that I was given lead on to design and bring to completion.
Some such projects included designing and building a functioning gelatinous cube (a large cube creature that would absorb a character in the play), a puppet like force blast, a mimic chest (a creature that looks like a chest and eats adventurers when disturbed) which could be puppeted, a 40 foot long map of the locations visited, assisting on the build and leading on the dressing of small dragon puppets and other such projects.
As a whole, this play was a wonderful opportunity to exhibit creativity while engaging with in depth discussion concerning the aesthetic of the play and the functionality of the creatures.
Photography by Ethan Hollinger
Created by Qui Nguyen
Directed by Lucas Hatton
Fight Choreography by Dan Renkin
Dance Choreography by Eva Anderson
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Scenic Design: Ian Wallace
Costume Design: Joanne Martin
Lighting, Sound and Projection Design: Ethan Hollinger
Monster Design and Construction: Stephanie Conrad
Stage Weaponry: Stage Monkey Design and Consulting
Assistant Director: Hailey Bowland
Stage Manager: Alyssa Songco
Assistant Stage Managers: Kaely McCurdy, Mario Sandoval, Brianna Thomsett
Cast-
​Agnes: Lana Lindley
Tilly: Melanie Garcia
Chuck: Nitin Ramesh
Miles: Marlo Perez
Kaliope: Helena Birbrower
Lilith: Yini 'Lily' Qui
Vera, Evil Gabby: Neharika Sharma
Narrator: Griffin 'Fin' Engels
Evil Tina, Farrah: Sheryl Lim
Steve: Daxi Jiang
Orcus: Joaquin Waters
Monster Ensemble: Sabrina Chen, Celia Glinsky, Mani Ebrahimi Mojaveri