She Kills Monsters

by Qui Nguyen

She Kills Monsters is a show about loss. It is also a show about beating up a giant cube of demonic Jell-O that happens to be named after your boyfriend. The story is split between two worlds, two sisters, and two choices: to give up or to go on. And while most of us don’t usually have to make that choice while facing down a five-headed dragon, we see the road ahead diverge on a daily basis. Telling this particular story, one that on the surface seems to be light and straightforward, was harder and more rewarding than I ever could have imagined. It was a dream come true to direct on the stage of the Yale Repertory Theater, particularly when it was for a show as silly and stirring as this one.

CAST

Agnes: Delilah Napier
Chuck: Gilberto Saenz
Tilly: Anna Blech
Lilith: Lucy Tomasso
Kaliope: Anelisa Fergus
Orcus: June Gregson
Miles: Daniel Rudin
Vera: Vimbai Ushe
Steve: Chris Quazzo
Evil Tina: Tasha Boyer
Evil Gabbi: Vivian Dang
Narrator: Charlie Urban-Mead
Farrah: Madeleine Hutchins

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director: Nina Goodheart
Producer: Adela DePavia
Stage Manager: Elle Buellesbach
Set Designer: Adam Lessing
Lighting Designer: Evan Smith
Costume Designer: Lizzie Goodman
Props Designer: Lindiwe Mayinja
Sound Designer: Declan Kunkel
Composer: Daniel Rudin
Dramaturg: Eve Sneider
Choreographer: Tasha Boyer

Photographer: Ian Ibbetson