About the Play:

She Kills Monsters has become a favourite of acting teachers for Female Monologues, Male Monologues, and Female/Male Scenes. 

She Kills Monsters is a full-length dramatic comedy by Qui Nguyen. The play centers on Agnes Evans, a young woman who is finally leaving her childhood home following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When she stumbles upon Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, Agnes embarks on an action-packed adventure to discover more about her sister than she previously cared to know. She Kills Monsters celebrates fantasy as a space where young people can be brave, vulnerable, and powerful.

She Kills Monsters is a deep and fascinating dive into the world of fantasy role-playing games. The play tells the story of Agnes Evans as she copes with the death of her totally weird teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons design module, she stumbles into an action-packed adventure inside Tilly's imaginary refuge from her adolescent experience, finding herself on an unexpected hero's quest. The play, from acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen, is a high-octane adventure laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 1990s pop culture, and a surprisingly sweet tale of friendship, loss, and acceptance. She Kills Monsters offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.

She Kills Monsters premiered in 2011 at the Flea Theater Off-Off-Broadway in New York City. The play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and is regularly performed in regional, high school, college, and community theatre productions.

Cast: 6 female, 3 male

What people say:

"Deceptively breezy and rather ingenious. The whole enterprise is kind of dopey and kind of invigorating and kind of remarkable. It will slash and shapeshift its way into your heart." — The New York Times

"Packed with action, wit, and a sizable nerd-quotient, the production is a delight from start to finish." — Theatremania

"Positively slays the audience. Delightfully farcical." — Stage & Cinema

"Nguyen is a refreshing, break-the-rules writer – he has a ready embrace of pop culture, high-school speak and 'High Fidelity' cool, and he also has a mission to redeem gaming geeks everywhere...She Kills Monsters, delivers exactly what it promises, is generally a blast." — Chicago Tribune

About the Playwright:

Qui Nguyen is an American playwright and TV/Film writer. His work, known for its innovative use of pop-culture, stage violence, puppetry, and multimedia, has been lauded as "Culturally Savvy Comedy" by The New York Times, "Tour de Force Theatre" by Time Out New York, and "Infectious Fun" by Variety.