She Kills Monsters Play Analysis

On December 3rd, I saw the production of She Kills Monsters: Adventurers Edition, written by Qui Nguyen. It was performed by Liberty High School Theatre on the mainstage at the 51st Annual Colorado Thespian Conference. The play was about a teenage girl named Agnes who tries to reconnect with her dead sister Tilly through a Dungeons and Dragons game that she created when she was still alive. With the help of Tilly’s friend Chuck as her Dungeon Master, Agnes is able to enter Tilly’s world and get to know more about her life and who she was. I was very impressed with the acrobatics and choreography which showed great dedication on the company’s part. With my experience in Avenue Q, I know how much time and work it takes to even learn and perfect a simple dance, so I would really like to appreciate and recognize the dedication and hard work of the actors and choreography of the company. I think those elements must have been a big part of the director’s vision and that the director must
The lights on the sides of the stage shines right into the audience’s faces that were sitting on the far sides of the house. Besides this distraction, the lighting was often very dim or sparsely lit. I thought it might have been a limitation of the space, but there were a few scenes that were very well lit, so I was confused about the purpose of that. It didn’t really seem to add much to the production and was much more distracting in its limitations than it was enhancing. Sound was a prominent part of the show, often used during the fight scenes. I actually liked the use of sound in the fight scenes. Although the intense music was another component of the over-dramatic action of the show, I felt that it was one of the few necessary ones. There obviously needed to be some sound to fill this time, and it would have been odd for it to be something other than the intense mood that was clearly trying to be created. Besides