She Kills Monsters is a drama-comedy play by Qui Nguyen that debuted in 2011. It tells the story of Agnes Evans, an average woman who loses her parents and little sister Tilly in a car accident. Having been very distant from her sister while she was alive, Agnes embarks on an adventure to get to know her sister better by playing a Dungeons & Dragons module that Tilly had written, and discovers things she'd never imagined. The plot takes place in reality and in the imaginary game world; in the game world Agnes learns about Tilly's exploration with her sexuality and how she struggled with her sexuality in reality. The play is also presented in a "Young Adventurers Edition" which removes the explicit language and ages down some of the characters.
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28-497: A GoFundMe campaign to mount the production independently of their school. Within a week of its launch, the campaign had more than tripled its $ 5,000 goal. In February 2024, the drama club at Fort Atkinson High School in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin was prohibited from performing the play by principal Leigh Ann Scheuerell. The Daily Jefferson County Union later reported that Sheuerell said her decision had "nothing to do with
42-514: A 2013 award by the American Alliance for Theater and Education, the play has, as of July 2020 , been staged close to 800 times, mostly by high schools and colleges. Some of these productions have done well, including a 2018 production which won a state contest. In response to requests by schools, Nguyen wrote a version of the play, dubbed She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition, that included less profanity, changed Agnes into
56-524: A high school cheerleader and eliminated the death of Agnes and Tilly's parents. Later, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic , Nguyen wrote a version designed to be performed online, called She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms . Changes include depicting the climactic battle through dice-rolling rather than a physical fight, as well as setting the entire play in 2020 and updating its pop culture references accordingly. In October 2021, after weeks of rehearsal,
70-450: A passion for everything classified as nerdy or geeky, with a special love for Dungeons & Dragons . As Agnes is cleaning and packing Tilly's room in order to move everything to her place, she finds a module Tilly had written for D&D . In order to get closer to the sister she never really knew, Agnes embarks on her own adventure with the help of Dungeon Master Chuck to play the game as Tilly designed. As she delves deeper into her quest,
84-484: A production of She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition at Hillsboro High School in Highland County, Ohio was cancelled by Hillsboro City Schools Superintendent Tim Davis, allegedly on the grounds that "one of its characters might be gay". In a statement, Davis said, "The fall play has been canceled this year because the play was not appropriate for our K-12 audience." Students subsequently started
98-599: A state in 1975 Sikkim Krantikari Morcha , political party in Sikkim, India Sadie Kneller Miller , 1900s journalist with gender-hiding byline SKM Shek Kip Mei station , Hong Kong; MTR station code Singapore Kindness Movement Sinclair Knight Merz , Australia Szybka Kolej Miejska (Tricity) , transport service, Poland Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw) , transport service, Poland SK Telecom , NYSE symbol Stoke Mandeville railway station , Buckinghamshire, England; National Rail station code She Kills Monsters , 2011 play by Qui Nguyen Topics referred to by
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126-520: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages She Kills Monsters Agnes Evans is a completely average woman who strives to be nothing but average until the day she wishes her life were a little less boring. Her wish unfortunately comes true when her family, including her younger sister Tilly, dies in a car crash. Agnes was never close to Tilly because they were interested in completely different things; Agnes loved mainstream pop culture, while Tilly had
140-650: The fantasy world and reality begin to collide and mix as Agnes searches to connect with Tilly and realizes how much of her sister she never knew. Nguyen intentionally wrote the characters in a way that allowed for actors of any race to be cast into every role, "We wanted to see the diversity you would find on the New York subway onstage." She Kills Monsters received its off-off-Broadway debut at The Flea Theater in New York City on November 4, 2011, and it ran until December 23. Directed by Robert Ross Parker,
154-770: The production was performed by the resident company of actors of The Flea Theater called The Bats. The play was presented later at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago from February 15 to April 21, 2013. It was directed by Scott Weinstein and it featured the Buzz22 Chicago Company as the cast. The play reprised at the Company One Theater in Boston from April 13 to May 11, 2013, directed by Shira Milikowsky. Following
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196-512: The sexual orientation of a character.” The club performed Alice in Wonderland instead. In She Kills Monsters , Agnes discovers Tilly was a lesbian and used her Dungeons & Dragons campaign as an outlet for her struggles of being out in school, yet "in the closet" with her family. The play brings complex LGBTQ characters to the stage who fulfill goals outside of their sexuality and are well-rounded characters. The sexuality of characters
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