Breck Upper School Fall Drama: She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms

Original poster art created by Sarah Hatfield ‘21

Streamed on Breck’s YouTube Channel: http://breck.link/she-kills-monsters

The Breck Performing Arts Department proudly presents Breck (Virtual) Theatre’s socially-distanced production of

SHE KILLS MONSTERS: VIRTUAL REALMS

by Qui Nguyen

Setting Athens, Ohio. Today.

The Cast

(In Order of Appearance) NARRATORS Tori Reisberg Alexa Fleming Elle Gage Anna Mary Southern TILLY EVANS Amrita Pal AGNES EVANS McKenna Quam CHUCK BIGGS Logan Schuneman VERA Bella Flanders MILES Max Ansari LILITH/LILLY Pema Boyd-Smith KALIOPE/KELLY Alexis McIntosh ORCUS/RONNIE James Hicks STEVIE Sarah Hatfield FARRAH Talia Schaubach-Emmel EVIL TINA Mara Swanson EVIL GABBI Claire Kelly

The Production Team DIRECTOR Paul Coate TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Eric Gustafson COSTUME DESIGNER Susan Fick WIGS Paul Bigot STAGE MANAGER Lulu Skroch CHOREOGRAPHER Amrita Pal LEAD EDITOR Logan Schuneman EDITORS Matthew Berestka Calvin Ansari PHOTOGRAPHER Ari Leventhal ILLUSTRATORS/PROP BUILDERS: Tori Reisberg Sarah Hatfield Emma Beveridge Cinnabar Lindquist-Gonzales Douglas Bagley Tira Gutema Claire Kelly Alexa Fleming Lulu Skroch

Nanbon Nejo Caitlin Casad LIGHTING The Cast CINEMATOGRAPHY The Cast D&D CONSULTANT Max Ansari MUSIC COMPOSED by MICHAEL CROSWELL and used with the permission by KATHLEEN CROSWELL

Thank Yous Jakk Beckett, Sarah Oltmann, and our Encore parent volunteers without whom we would not have been able to complete this project.

Breck’s Performing Arts Department Faculty, and the many members of Breck’s Administration and Staff who helped us make this project a reality.

Kathleen Croswell Kathleen, Gena, and TJ Coate

Director’s Notes With the dangerous nature of the Covid-19 pandemic, we knew that we would not be able to present a live theatre production in the Cargill Theater this semester. With the recognition of the many difficult and necessary conversations happening in our country and in our communities right now surrounding systemic racism, sexism, implicit bias, and our human responsibility and duty to celebrate and elevate the worth and dignity of every human being, we knew that we needed to tell an important story that matters.

Our production of Qui Nguyen’s “She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms” attempts to serve both purposes.

This script is a pandemic-era adaptation by the author of his celebrated play “She Kills Monsters,” one of the most-produced plays in American theatre in the last several years. This adaptation is intended to be performed via video conferencing software and streamed to its audience.

This play is also a story that depicts the hurt and harm human beings — in this case, young people — can cause, but also the hopeful healing that can happen within our hearts and in our community when we challenge stereotypes and prejudices, cast aside name-calling and bullying, and open our minds and hearts to embracing each other for who we are as we fulfill our duty to help one another through life’s great adventure for as long as it lasts for us.

A WARNING: out of our sincere care for our audience, and especially in light our acute awareness of the harm that various forms of bigotry can cause and have caused in our community: this play focuses on themes of death of a loved one, gender identity and sexual orientation, the harm caused by projecting stereotypes and biases, and it depicts a few scenes of bullying with horrible verbal and emotional abuse portrayed. You will see these characters at times insult, diminish, and hurt each other in ways so many people tragically do in the real world, but you will also hear voices amplified that are all too often ignored, you will see stereotypes challenged, harm rejected, hope fueled, and you will see the power of healing and transformation each of us has the capacity to call on within ourselves to be good to each other.

She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

The making of any permanent audio/visual recording of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author’s rights and actionable under United States Copyright Law. Streaming and viewing of this material is only permitted on the dates of production. For more information, please visit: www.concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists

PRODUCTION DATES: Friday, November 20 - Sunday, November 22, 2020 Streamed on these dates via Breck’s YouTube Channel http://breck.link/she-kills-monsters

CONTENT WARNING: This production includes some minor profanity (akin to a PG-13 rating), and includes scenes that describe violence and portray various forms of bullying and verbal abuse.

No Forest Fairies or Math Tutors were harmed in the making of this film.

This production is dedicated to ALL victims and survivors of bullying and bigotry and to the memory of MICHAEL CROSWELL (1964-2020)

Together for Breck: Annual Giving 2020-2021 Thanks to everyone who has made a gift to the Annual Fund, which supports our students, teachers, community — and the performing arts!

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