Published on: Aug 20, 2014
Stalking the Bogeyman
by Markus Potter
Stalking the Bogeyman is an American play by Markus Potter with additional writing by Shane Zeigler, Shane Stokes & Santino Fontana. It is based upon David Holthouse’s Westword newspaper article, where Holthouse wrote about how he had once planned to kill his childhood rapist.[1][2] Potter chose to adapt the play after listening to Holthouse’s story on a This American Life podcast,[3] and the play had its world premiere at the North Carolina Stage Company in September 2013. An off-Broadway production is set to open in fall 2014(New World Stages).[4][5]
Synopsis
When he was seven David Holthouse was raped by a 17-year-old acquaintance that he knew through friends of his parents. The teenager threatened to kill him if he did not comply with his wishes and after he was finished, David was threatened with violence if he did not keep quiet. Twenty five years later, David can no longer remain silent, when he learns that the man who destroyed his childhood has moved into his new neighborhood. With key ties to the leader of an Arizona gang and other illicit connections, David meticulously plans the murder of the Bogeyman.
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| Sep 12, 2014– Nov 09, 2014 | Play, Original |
New World Stages: Stage 5, New York, NY
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Markus Potter
Director and producer and the artistic director of NewYorkRep, dedicated to developing and producing new plays and musicals. Producer of Velocity of Autumn on Broadway (Tony award nomination for Estelle Parsons.)
Off Broadway: A Perfect Future (World Premiere-Cherry Lane Theatre), Professor Bernhardi (Marvell Rep) Regional: Biff in Death of a Salesman Opposite Christopher Lloyd, As you Like it (Weston Playhouse), Edgar in King Lear (Denver Center), Laertes in Hamlet and the world premieres of Roads That Lead Here and The New New (Guthrie Theatre), Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Long Wharf Theatre), U.S. premiere of The York Realist (Studio Theatre, D.C.), Roles in productions at American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Chautauqua Theatre Company, California Shakespeare, Great Lakes Theatre Festival and many others. Awards: MITF award for Best Actor in Lavendar Shore, Dramaloque / Backstage award: Grover, Citiarts, CA. MFA: Columbia University, Currently on the acting faculty, American Musical & Dramatic academy and Adelphi University.
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Stalking the Bogeyman
Off Broadway at the New World Stages : Stage 5 from September 2014.
