From Dec. 8-11, OCU Theatre will continue their Mainstage season with “She Kills Monsters.”
The 8th through the 10th will have performances at 8 p.m. and the 10th and 11th will have matinee performances at 2 p.m.
Tickets are available for the performances for $15 at www.okcu.edu/tickets or at (405) 208-5227.
The play is a comedy-drama by Qui Nguyen about the world of fantasy role-playing games that focused on the story of Agnes Evans who has lost her parents and sister, Tilly, in a car accident.
She finds Tilly’s Dungeons and Dragons notebook and decides to play a module that she had written.
The story toes into reality and the imaginary world that Tilly had created as Agnes discovers things about her sister she never imagined.
Director Amy Osatinski said that, “the School of Theatre’s Mainstage productions are done at a professional level, so this is going to be the biggest, wildest, most exciting version of ‘She Kills Monsters’ that you’ve ever seen!”
She also noted some of the more challenging aspects of the production, saying, “the show is big and requires a great deal of collaboration to work.
“In particular, there is a lot of combat in the show, so I had to work closely with a fight director, the terrifically talented Kris Kuss who is a School of Theatre faculty member, and the props department, led by the amazing faculty member Larry Heyman, to coordinate all of the combat.”
Osatinski addressed the deeper meaning of the show, saying that, “though it is a very specific story about a woman confronting her grief over the loss of her sister, it’s also about all of us. We all have “monsters” that we have to battle.
“The show tackles some really serious subjects, including grief, identity, and bullying, but it is also incredibly funny, which makes it a very entertaining and meaningful evening of theatre.
“Oh, there are also a bunch of really awesome monsters.”
“The whole show is pretty awesome, and it has been so joyful to work with all of the School of Theatre students to bring it to life.
“However, we have a moment where some of our monsters act like NPCs (Non-Player Characters), and it cracks me up every time they do it!
“There are so many little details in this show that are really delightful, everyone who comes and sees it will find some- thing that they enjoy!”
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