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UAA Production, "Stalking the Bogeyman" to Show in Homer, Benefit Haven House

Image Courtesy of UAA Department of Theatre and Dance.

The UAA production of, “Stalking the Bogeyman” will be performed Friday, June 3 in Homer. The play is based on a 2004 essay by journalist David Holthouse. It chronicles his experiences after the person who sexually assaulted him when he was a child, in Anchorage, moved nearby to where he was living, in Colorado. KBBI News Director, Daysha Eaton talks with David Holthouse.

Credit Photo Courtesy of David Holthouse.
David Holthouse.

Pier One Theatre is partnering with South Peninsula Haven House Children’sAdvocacy Center to bring the UAA production to Homer.

The performance will serve, in part, as a benefit for the Children’s Advocacy Center. “Stalking the Bogeyman” is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Homer High School’s Mariner Theater. Admission is $12. Tickets are available in advance at The Homer Book Store and at the door.

Holthouse's story was also featured on the radio program, “This American Life”. 

Daysha Eaton holds a B.A. from Evergreen State College, and a M.A. from the University of Southern California. Daysha got her start in radio at Seattle public radio stations, KPLU and KUOW. Before coming to KBBI, she was the News Director at KYUK in Bethel. She has also worked as the Southcentral Reporter for KSKA in Anchorage.