REVIEW: ‘She Kills Monsters’ finds great balance between humor, grief and identity

REVIEW: ‘She Kills Monsters’ finds great balance between humor, grief and identity

I have little experience or knowledge about theater, but whenever a show is being held, I try to go see it. A live performance will always draw me in.  “She Kills Monsters” tells the story of Agnes Evans and her attempts to get to know her sister, Tilly, after she was killed in a car accident. Agnes plays a game of “Dungeons & Dragons” that Tilly wrote, and finds out several things about her sister that she wouldn’t have known otherwise.  This p…

Role Play, ‘She Kills Monsters’ at College of Marin

Boasting an impressive list of mid-’90s music and plenty of geek culture nostalgia, Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters (directed by Lisa Morse, playing at the College of Marin through May 18) is a warm-hearted romp through grief and acceptance. The story follows Agnes (Paige Flaming), trying to find a connection to her deceased sister, Tilly (Arya Safavi), through a custom Dungeons & Dragons campaign written by Tilly. Agnes is guided through the ca…