GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —Bard College at Simon's Rock's Theater Program will perform "She Kills Monsters" by Qui Nguyen on April 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. and April 14 at 2:00 p.m. at the McConnell Theater at the Daniel Arts Center. 

 

Directed by faculty member and Simon's Rock alum Sara Katzoff, this production brings together a company of over 30 theater makers including students, faculty, staff, alumni and guest artists working across disciplines of design, technical theater, and performance. 

 

According to a press release:

 

Filled with gremlins, sword fights, demon queens, and dark elves, She Kills Monsters is an offbeat adventure that awakens the inner geek warrior in us all. Cast of Set in Athens, Ohio in the mid '90s, She Kills Monsters tells the story of two sisters from very different worlds and an unexpected game that unites them. While Agnes is an average teen desperate to fit into the mainstream, her younger sibling Tilly is obsessed with magic and all things Dungeons & Dragons. After Tilly's unexpected death, Agnes finds her sister's homemade Dungeons & Dragons module and becomes catapulted into the imaginary realm that was her sister's refuge. In the hopes of forging a connection with the sibling she never really had a chance to understand, Agnes enlists the help of Tilly's highschool D&D network to play out her final campaign.

 

The cast and production team include: Director: Sara Katzoff; Production Stage Manager: Leo Earl; Fight, Movement, and Intimacy Direction: Sara Katzoff and Laura Standley; Choreography: Rowan Truman and Lydia Helmstadter; Scenic & Lighting Design: Juliana von Haubrich; Lighting Supervisor: Jean Volff; Costume & Armor Design: George W. Veale VI; Sound Design: Oskar Hurst; Production Dramaturg: Rimon-Hadassah Walker; Assistant Stage Managers: Frey Letton and Frances Zehner; Scenic, Props, Puppets, and Lighting Assistants: Saltinat Talentbak, Wren Faris, Michael Barrett, Rowan Truman, and Beltower Gunter; Featuring: Julianna Duran, Quinn Raper, Raahim Waqas, Reuben Guinta, Finley Baack, Agnas Allman, Emma Doucet, Eliza Doucet, Lydia Helmstadter, Gilbert Otten, Wilkinson McCallister, Olha Borovets, Leo Below, and Jojo Vinai.

 

The production is free and open to the public. Cash donations are welcome at the door. 

 

Reservations are strongly recommended. Reserve tickets here.

 

Qui Nguyen is a playwright, screenwriter, and Co-Artistic Director of the OBIE Award-winning theater company, Vampire Cowboys. 

 

Additionally, Nguyen is an award-winning fight director who has worked extensively as an instructor and choreographer for such places as Columbia University, LAByrinth Theater, Ma-Yi Theater, Long Wharf, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Public, HERE Arts Center, and many others.