"Every year, approximately 8,000 Alaskan children are physically or sexually abused. More often than not, that abuse isn’t at the hands of some stranger on the street in a trench coat, but someone the victim already knows and is familiar with."
David Holthouse's play "Stalking the Bogeyman" confronts this situation through his Holthouse's own powerful story. The play, produced by UAA, runs Friday, Apr. 1 – Sunday, Apr. 24 at Harper Studio Theatre in the UAA Fine Arts Building (3700 Alumni Dr.) on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $9 – $16 dollars in advance and $14 – $21 day of/at the door; available online at uaatix.net.
Each session will have a talkback session afterwards, and professional support will be provided. Alaska Children's Trust staff are supporting some of the talkback sessions, and the play's producers are collaborating with social service agencies and others to be present at and contribute to these dialogues.
Here is an article in today's Anchorage Press about the play: http://www.anchoragepress.com/...cessary-conversation
Here is the most recent of David's writings on the subject, an update to his first article and the This American Life episode on it. It is one of the most powerful essays I've ever read:
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