Auditions - She Kills Monsters at PowPAC

Name: Auditions - She Kills Monsters at PowPAC
Start: 2026-03-30T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-30T22:00:00-07:00
Location: 13250 Poway Rd, Poway, CA, United States, California 92064

Schedule

Mon Mar 30 2026 at 06:30 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

13250 Poway Rd, Poway, CA, United States, California 92064 | Poway, CA

AUDITIONS at PowPAC, Poway’s Community Theatre:
She Kills Monsters
By Qui Nguyen
By special arrangement with Concord Theatricals
RUN DATES: July 24 to August 16 2026
Director: Rhiannon McAfee
Assistant Director: Alyssa Salacup
Producer: Steve Murdock
If you’ve ever wanted to swing a sword, play a villain, break a heart, or be the hero of your own campaign, this is your quest. Roll initiative.
Audition Info: Watch for updated information on our Auditions page at www.powpac.org and on Facebook.
PowPAC welcomes and encourages actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities to submit for these roles.
PowPAC Theater is located at 13250 Poway Road, Poway, CA 92064 (Upstairs) | Elevator access in rear of building.
Auditions: Open call Monday, March 30 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. & Tuesday, March 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Callbacks by invitation only on Wednesday, April 1 from 6 PM to 10 PM.
Actors should attend one night of the open call and will be informed of callback invitations on Tuesday, March 31. It’s not necessary to be there the entire time on open-call nights, but please arrive at least 45 minutes before the end of the evening so we can ensure you’re seen.
Please bring an acting resume, headshot, calendar for paperwork/schedule comparison; no performance conflicts permitted.
Auditions will consist of cold reads from the script with a reader and will be attended by Director Rhiannon McAfee, Assistant Director Alyssa Salacup, and Producer Steve Murdock
Questions can be directed to the director at [email protected] (Subject: ‘SKM Auditions’)
Compensation & Union Contract Details
No Pay – Volunteer Organization
Rehearsals & Performance Dates:
First cast meeting & table read will be Tuesday, April 21 (pending cast availability) with a few table work sessions scheduled during the following two weeks.
Rehearsals will begin the week of Monday, May 18 until Opening on Friday, July 24.
Rehearsals will be scheduled Monday to Thursday evenings (with the potential for a few Friday & Saturday rehearsals) based on cast availability.
Performances: Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m. from Friday, July 24 2026 – Sunday, August 16, 2026 including 2:00 p.m. Saturday matinees on August 1 and August 15.
About the Play:
Fast, funny, and emotionally powerful, She Kills Monsters is an epic quest packed with monsters, magic, 90s nostalgia, and unexpected heart.

When Agnes Evans loses her teenage sister Tilly, she thinks she’s grieving someone she never truly understood. But when she discovers Tilly’s homemade Dungeons & Dragons campaign, Agnes rolls the dice and is hurled into a turbo-charged fantasy realm of demon queens, battle-hardened elves, homicidal fairies, cheerleader succubi, and nonstop combat.
Beneath the sword fights and spell-slinging is something real: grief, first love, identity, and the parts of ourselves we’re brave enough (or terrified enough) to claim. As Agnes battles through Tilly’s imaginary world, she uncovers the sister she never really knew and the hero she might become.
About the Characters:
Casting eleven (11) adults
Agnes Evans:
Age: Mid to late 20s
Presenting: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Heavy
Stage Time: Almost always on stage
Characteristics: Smart, grounded, slightly guarded. The “normal” sister who never quite understood Tilly until she steps into her world. Agnes carries the emotional spine of the play: dry humor, vulnerability, grief, and a slow-burn transformation into an unexpected hero. A journey role with range from biting sarcasm to shattering honesty.
NOTE: Actor must be comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.
Tilly Evans:
Age: Early 20s
Presenting: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Heavy
Stage Time: On stage for majority of play
Characteristics: Brilliant, imaginative, secretly fierce. In the real world, she’s awkward and overlooked; in the fantasy world, she is a fearless paladin and architect of chaos. Actor must balance sweetness, rage, humor, and aching truth. Tilly is the heart of the story.
NOTE: Actor must be comfortable with light same-sex intimacy and comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.
Lilith Morningstar:
Age: Early 20s
Presenting: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Major Supporting
Stage Time: Major Supporting
Characteristics: Demon queen. Seductive, dangerous, theatrical. Big villain energy with biting humor. Must relish heightened language and larger-than-life presence. Deliciously wicked. Sometimes eats her enemies.
NOTE: Actor must be comfortable with light same-sex intimacy and comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.

Kaliope Darkwalker:
Age: Early 20s
Presenting: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Major Supporting
Stage Time: Major Supporting
Characteristics: An unapologetic, battle-hardened, leather-clad elven warrior. Deadly, bold, magnetic with high physicality, swagger, and fearless confidence. Owns every room (and battlefield). A dream role for someone ready to command the stage.
NOTE: Actor must be comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.
Chuck (and others):
Age: Early 20s
Presenting: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Major Supporting
Stage Time: Major Supporting
Characteristics: Teen dungeon master. Fast-talking, confident, slightly chaotic guide through the campaign. Switches between awkward high schooler and commanding narrator of epic doom. Big personality. Quick timing. Comic gold with surprising depth.
NOTE: Chuck will also play various monsters; Actor must be comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.
Vera (and others):
Age: Late 20s to mid-40s
Presenting: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Major Supporting
Stage Time: Major Supporting
Characteristics: The world’s most catastrophically unhelpful high school counselor. Razor-sharp, sarcastic, and gloriously inappropriate. Big comedic timing, fast banter, and fearless commitment to being terrible (while still weirdly lovable).
NOTE: Vera will also play the Narrator, a homicidal fairy, and various monsters; Actor must be comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.
Orcus (and others):
Age: Early to late 20s
Presenting: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Supporting
Stage Time: Supporting
Characteristics: Former Lord of the Underworld. Once a towering, soul-crushing embodiment of doom; now mostly retired and watching Must See TV. Still intimidating. Still powerful. Just . . . tired. Epic villain gravitas matched with epic suburban burnout.
NOTE: Orcus will also play various monsters; Actor must be comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.

Miles (and others):
Age: Mid to late 20s
Presenting: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Supporting
Stage Time: Supporting
Characteristics: Agnes’ well-meaning fiancé. Practical, polite, and completely baffled by Dungeons & Dragons. He loves Agnes, he just doesn’t understand why anyone would willingly fight imaginary ogres on a Tuesday night. Grounded and sincere, Miles is both supportive and unintentionally frustrating.
NOTE: Miles will also play various monsters; Actor must be comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.
Gabbi:
Age: Early 20s
Presenting: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Minor Supporting
Stage Time: Minor Supporting
Characteristics: Cheerleader succubus. Fierce, flirty, chaotic. Big energy, sharp humor, and zero apologies.
NOTE: Gabbi will also play various monsters; Actor must be comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.
Tina:
Age: Early 20s
Presenting: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Minor Supporting
Stage Time: Minor Supporting
Characteristics: Cheerleader succubus. Fierce, flirty, chaotic. Big energy, sharp humor, and zero apologies.
NOTE: Tina will also play various monsters; Actor must be comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.
Steve:
Age: Early 20s
Presenting: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Minor Supporting
Stage Time: Minor Supporting
Characteristics: A mage cursed with being aggressively average. Earnest, eager, insecure, and . . . dies a lot.
NOTE: Steve will also play various monsters; Actor must be comfortable with or able to learn stage combat and dance.

About the Director:
Rhiannon McAfee is a Half-Elf, Neutral-Good, Circle of the Shepherd Druid as well as a San Diego-based director, dialect coach, dramaturg, and actor. She last directed at PowPAC in 2024 (The Man Who Came to Dinner). Other favorite directing credits include the award-winning San Diego production of Puffs, four seasons of Rex Rivetter: Private Eye, I Hate Hamlet (Lamplighters), Copenhagen (Lamplighters), and Audition Sides (Riot Productions). When not theatre-ing, McAfee is a prodigious voice actor in the audio drama and industrial worlds and a proud member of Narada Radio Company ensemble.
About the Theatre:
PowPAC, Poway’s Community Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization fully run by volunteers. PowPAC is a proud member of AACT, ACT-SD, San Diego Performing Arts League, Theatre Alliance, San Diego Theatre Connection, and the Poway Chamber of Commerce. PowPAC welcomes and encourages volunteers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities to be a part of our organization.