By Deanna Dement Myers

‘She Kills Monsters’ by Qui Nguyen. Directed by Marta Rainer. Production Manager/Set Design: David Towlun; Costume Design: Chelsea Kerl; Sound Design: George Cook; Fight Choreographer: Sarah Flanagan; Dance Choreographer: Katie Suchyta;; Lighting Design: Siena Wise; Stage Manager: Natalie Solomon; Assistant Stage Manager: Mieke Bovbjerg;; Fight Captain: Anna Beyette. Through April 14.

“I’m no nerd, I have a girlfriend.”

Oversized polyhedron shapes dominate the stage at the Ruth Nagel Jones Theater at Wellesley College. Upbeat music from the early 90s fades out as a hooded figure emerges from behind the d20. The first of many shadow puppets act out the tragedy that engenders our story. For it is 1995 and we are in Athens, Ohio, where internet operates at a blazing fast 56 kilobytes per second.

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