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Play Examines Boise Sex Scandal

by Iris Mann, NPR
June 27, 2008

Boise, USA is a new play that tells the story of the Boise sex scandal of 1955. Playwright Gene Franklin Smith likens the fear instilled in the citizens of Boise, Idaho, to that stirred up by the federal government after the Sept. 11 attacks.

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  • All Things Considered, June 27, 2008
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