She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty bugbears (?), and 90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Qui Nguyen (Raya and the Last Dragon, Strange World) offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.

**This play is recommended for audiences middle-school and older for mature language, references, and simulated violence**

SouthWest StageWorks, or (SW)2, is Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School's youth theatre company.  Our company produces a wide variety of high quality theatre, partnering with the highest caliber teaching and collaborating artists, providing the very best, diverse, and relevant learning experiences possible for IBWHS students through the theatre arts. 
Our mission with (SW)2 is two-fold: 
1) To help the young people of the IBWHS community take their place in the world as the very best citizens and contributors they can be.  A successful (SW)2 company member will learn time management, critical thinking, creative problem solving, collaboration, service, self-sacrifice, perseverance, how to see the world through another's eyes, and how to never stop working toward a higher ideal.  
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2) To help the young people of the IBWHS community take their place in the theatre community as the very best artists they can be.  An (SW)2 company member will have worked with professional teaching artists on stage and behind the scenes, will have had the opportunity to pursue professional internships, will have worked with the widest variety of material from across the theatre canon, will have shared their work with colleagues from around the region, will have had the opportunity to take true positions of leadership with their peers, and will have had their work evaluated at the highest levels.

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