On Sunday, December 9th, LoNyLa/Velocity Lab NY presents a rehearsed reading / online broadcast of "She Kills Monsters," a screenplay based on his acclaimed play by Qui Nguyen. Directed by John Gould Rubin. Dramaturgy by Roweena Mackay. Broadcaster/stage manager: Lauren Fiorelli. Time: 3PM - 5PM EST | 8PM - 10PM GMT 

Featuring... 
Megan Abell (“Agnes”)
Alice Qin (“Tilly/Narrator”)
David Rysdahl (“Chuck”)
Mark Noonan (“Miles”)
Solonje Burns (“Vera/Evil Gabby”)
Alexa Erbach (“Lilith”)
Veracity Butcher (“Kaliope”)
Soriya Chum (“Steve”)
Mick Daily (“Orcus”)
Alison Reader (“Farrah/Evil Tina”)
Luke Forbes (“Stage Directions”).

The actual reading will take place at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and broadcast live to an Internet audience. REGISTER TO ATTEND the event in the Big Apple.

A transatlantic feedback session between artists and audiences in New York City and London post-broadcast and a feedback session will be conducted via the Internet. CLICK TO: VIEW BROADCAST ONLINE.

Following the death of her geeky little sister, Tilly, Agnes' life is turned upside down when she stumbles upon her late sibling's Dungeons & Dragons notebook.

In an attempt to play Tilly's final D&D quest, Agnes embarks on a reality-bending adventure to save her sister's soul against an armada of Tilly's worst demons, both of the magical and more formidable personal kind.

Qui Nguyen is a playwright, screenwriter, and Co-Artistic Director of the OBIE Award winning Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company of NYC. Recent scripts include the hip-hop musical KRUNK FU BATTLE BATTLE, children's play ALIENS VERSUS CHEERLEADERS, and the Off-Broadway productions of SOUL SAMURAI, THE INEXPLICABLE REDEMPTION OF AGENT G, TRIAL BY WATER, and the stage version of SHE KILLS MONSTERS. He's published by Samuel French, Broadway Play Publishing, and Playscipts Incorporated. He is a resident artist of New Dramatists, a core member of The Playwrights Center, an alumnus of Youngblood, and a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Ma-Yi Writers Lab.

John Gould Rubin, Co-Artistic Director, LoNyLa NY. John's recent directing credits include: HEDDA GABLER which he staged in a Town House for 25 people per performance, LITTLE DOC at Rattlestick, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST for Twin Tiers Theatre and IN THE DAYLIGHT at the McGinn-Cazale.

Rubin was Co-Artistic and Executive Director of LAByrinth Theater Company for which he directed the premieres of PHILIP ROTH IN KHARTOUM and PENALTIES & INTEREST (both as part of Public/LAB at The Public Theater); STOPLESS; THE TRAIL OF HER INNER THIGH by Erin Cressida Wilson; John Patrick Shanley’s A WINTER PARTY; (and co-created and directed:) DREAMING IN TONGUES; and MEMOIRE. He co-created and directed THE EROTICA PROJECT for the NYSF; TRIAL BY WATER for Ma-Yi; A TASTE OF HONEY at Playwrights Horizons; BLOOD IN THE SINK at Urban Stages; both A MATTER OF CHOICE and NAMI for Partial Comfort; Rebecca Gilman’s THE LAND OF LITTLE HORSES, Frank McGuiness’ FACTORY GIRLS, Timberlake Westenbaker’s THREE BIRDS ALIGHTING ON A FIELD and Richard Nelson’s FRANNY'S WAY, for the Stella Adler Studio; EST’s and Naked Angel’s Marathons; THE FARTISTE for the NY Fringe Festival (Best Musical.) He wrote (and played Ivan Boesky in) THE PREDATOR'S BALL (collaborating with Karole Armitage and David Salle) for the Teatro Comunale in Florence, Italy, and at BAM’s Next Wave Festival. He recently directed his first film, ALMOST HOME, for Trigger Street Independent, which was presented at The Berkshire Film Festival.

(Producer) For the LAByrinth, Rubin produced OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET (and it’s commercial production off-Broadway), and JESUS HOPPED THE 'A' TRAIN at Center Stage/NY; Off-Broadway (two Drama Desk noms.); at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival (Fringe First Award); at The Donmar Warehouse; and at The Arts Theatre on the West End in London (Olivier Award nom.) Mr. Rubin produced a tour of MACBETH with Stephen Dillane playing all the roles at the Almeida Theater in London, the Sydney Theater in Australia and New Zealand.

Velocity Lab 2012 links professional creative teams in different regions of the world to develop new material for stage, film and television.

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