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Slaying beasts and fi nding yourself
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Next McNary play is
an action-adventure
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Mythical creatures and ac-
tion-adventure will be on
display as the McNary High
School theater department will
be putting on their rendition
on She Kills Monsters — a trib-
ute to fans of the popular fanta-
sy role-playing game, Dungeons
and Dragons — for their fi rst
show of the 2019-20 season.
The show will play at Ken
Collins Theatre with 7 p.m.
showings from Nov. 6-9 —
their will also be a matinee
showing at 2 p.m. on Saturday,
Nov. 9. Tickets can be pur-
chased at the door for $5.
McNary theater teacher
Tom Cavanaugh got the idea
to do this show after seeing
the performance done at Dallas
High School last year.
“I was blown away by the
story and the action. There
were awesome, high school rel-
evant topics that the kids could
explore,” he said.
The plot of She Kills Mon-
sters revolves around the main
character, Agnes, played by
Elise Myers.
“It’s defi nitely a lot of pres-
sure,” Myers said about being
the lead of the play. “But it al-
lows me to embrace my char-
acter more because I know I
can’t let anyone down. This is
something I can do and I am
really appreciate that I got this
opportunity.”
Agnes begins the show as
a high schooler trying to deal
with the sudden death of her
teenage sister, Tilly. However,
when Agnes stumbles upon
her sister’s old Dungeons and
Dragons notebook, she gets
thrust into a world of fanta-
sy and adventure that was her
sister’s safe-haven — featuring
homicidal fairies, nasty ogres
and 90s pop culture.
“It’s defi nitely different from
past productions. There are a lot
of mythical creatures and extra
costumes,” Myers said.
Many of the masks, cos-
tumes and battle equipment for
fi ght scenes were made by Mc-
Nary students.
“We have a really good tech
team here. It all looks pretty be-
lievable from sitting in the au-
dience.” said Brayden Menan,
who plays the role of Chuck.
While most productions by
the McNary theatre depart-
ment are family-friendly, does
have a PG-13 rating due to
some language and mild adult
themes.
“I would say that anything
you see in this show is on par
with what you would see in
most primetime TV. I’m a little
overcautious with my ratings,
just because I want people to
know what they are getting
into when they come to a
show,” Cavanaugh said. “There
is defi nitely some language
and some things that would be
considered adult content. It’s
not over the top bad at all.”
Despite the show featur-
ing fantasy and comedy, much
of the material also has a very
dramatic and real-life feel to it.
“Even though it’s big and
extravagant in terms of visu-
als, the source material and
the problems that the charac-
ters deal with are very real, so
it keeps it all very grounded,”
Menan said.
Many of the actors play
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
Dylan Lopez and Rowan Mahoney do battle in one of several fi ght scenes in the play.
nostalgia.”
Whether you’re passionate
about Dungeons and Dragons,
or even if you’ve never played
the game at all, Cavanaugh be-
lieves that audience members
will fi nd something to connect
with in the show.
“I think anyone who has
any level of nerd or geek about
them will have plenty of refer-
Dungeons and Dragons in
their spare time, which adds
to their excitement of doing a
show like this.
“Being able to bring this to
the stage and have people ap-
preciate it is going to be really
cool,” Myers said. “I think a lot
of high schoolers, or anyone
that has played the game in the
past, will experience a lot of
ences that only they will get,”
Cavanaugh said. “I just think
there is so much heart and hu-
mor in the show that if you
have never played D&D, or if
you were born after the 90s,
you will still enjoy yourself.
It’s got broad appeal, but it’s
also got very specifi c appeal as
well.”
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
Elise Myers plays Agnes, the protagonist of She Kills Monsters
in the McNary production debuting next week.
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