Bob McAllister tells his legendary Halloween story in a one-man show for one performance only in a special engagement Halloween night at Bainbridge Performing Arts. The performance serves to nominate The River Boys as a contender in “Best Drama” for a 2006 Edgar Award – the national organization named for Edgar Allen Poe, which recognizes excellence in mystery and horror.
The River Boys was first published in The Troll Tale and Other Scary Stories published in 2001 and edited by Birke Duncan and Jason Harrison and is currently being taught at the University of Washington in Comparative Literature 230 – Introduction to Folklore. It’s a story appropriate for ages 8 – 80, and originates from a Halloween night in 1953 that turned from innocent fun to scary horror. Its effects continue to this day, and the story will keep the audience riveted to their seats. The River Boys is a true story that concerns itself with dark forces we only glimpse in shadows and focuses on an irony of events that conjoin in a pattern so strange that we are not sure whether to gasp or engage in shadenfreude. It’s funny at times, frightening at others and always, mysterious.
The long-time producer of this show is Birke Duncan who has an MA from the University of Washington in Scandinavian Literature and Mythology and recently won an Ogle Award for “Best Fantasy Audio” for his radio and CD script of A Long Vacation. Mark Sell provides eerie lighting effects and Mark Nichols will construe the musical background. Bob McAllister is recipient of The Island Treasure Award in 2001, has acted and directed plays for 40 years and currently teaches English and Theater at Bainbridge Island High School.
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