She Kills Monsters

What is the function of the play’s numerous scenes of stage combat? Is the overt violence gratuitous and insensitive, or is it playful and empowering? Compare and contrast at least two different purposes for the moments of violence within the larger message(s) of the play.

Although the audience never sees Qui Nguyen’s stage directions directly during performances, his use of slang and humorous, loose descriptions express his enthusiasm for Dungeons and Dragons. Taking into consideration the fact that any production of a play takes its cues from the details of the stage directions, how do Nguyen’s style and tone of stage directions add meaning to the play?

What role does nostalgia play in the creation of both the setting and the characters? How does it relate to Agnes’s view of the past and her memories?