Kevin Allison Presents:
  • ☰

  • Listen
    • All Episodes
    • On Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, etc.
    • Best of RISK!
    • All-Star Episodes
    • Black Lives
    • Asian American Lives
    • Scary Stories
    • Holiday Stories
  • Live Shows
  • About
    • The Team
    • Praise
    • Press
  • Submissions
    • Pitch Stories
    • Submit Anecdotes
    • Deadlines & Themes
    • Storytelling Resources
    • Recording Yourself
    • Music
  • Support
    • Patreon
    • PayPal
  • Contact
  • Classes
  • Shop
  • REAL
RISK! Podcast
  • Episode: The Strangest of Strangers (#108)
  • Date:January 12, 2010
  • Time In Episode:00:14:09
  • Download: MP3

"I Thought You Were My Friend"

This story was told by Keith Powell on episode #108: The Strangest of Strangers

Synopsis

Note: These summaries are designed to help fans find their favorite stories and may contain spoilers!
Keith is 22, and is the artistic director of a professional theatre company in Wilmington, DE. He loves being accessible to his audiences, and after a performance of one of the plays, a minister of a local church (“Scruffy,” Keith names him) gushes to Keith that he “saw god” in the play, and that he really wants his whole congregation to see it if possible -- that he’s even going to write a sermon about the show, and would like Keith to visit his church and hear it. Keith does so, and the two men strike up a friendship; they get drinks, have dinner...until during one night out, Scruffy is visibly frustrated and asks Keith why their relationship isn’t progressing -- after all, they’ve been dating for three weeks, but Keith hasn’t made any move to go home with Scruffy, or ask him to stay over. That’s when Keith realizes that Scruffy has very logically thought that Keith was gay...but he’s not. And that all the choices Keith has been making could easily be interpreted as romantic flirting...though they weren’t. He feels terrible for being a tease without meaning to.
Tweet

Themes/Keywords: actor, affectionate, Celebrity storyteller, church, congregation, dating, DE, Delaware, director, flirting, friendship, gay, God, heterosexual, hugger, Live story, metrosexual, minister, misinterpretation, mistake., mixed messages, physical affection, producer, Scruffy, sexually frustrated, tease, theatre, theatre company, Wilmington


Help out the show by submitting a synopsis, correction or keywordleaving a reply.

Submit a Synopsis, Correction and/or Keyword

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


    Listen To Our New Podcast
    The RISK! book features 37 of our best stories ever, in paperback, ebook and audiobook form.

    Get the RISK! Book
    Gain confidence speaking in public. Improve in business, among friends, and dating.

    Learn Storytelling

    Buy Tickets