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Sleepy Hollow a musical tale

60-80 Minutes
Holiday Musical
3F, 4M, Ensemble
Best for Schools, Community & Youth Theatres

Overview

This new musical puts a current spin on the classic Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. On Halloween night, three modern-day children find themselves traveling back in time to 18th century New Amsterdam, arriving right in the middle of Sleepy Hollow with all its odd characters, traditions, ghosts and goblins. They’ll need all their ingenuity to get back home to the present! The show runs as a one-act, but can easily accommodate an intermission for a two-act presentation.

Casting & Production

Casting

CAST

MODERN-DAY CHILDREN:

AMY – Older – 12 or 13ish – nice and super-smart

CHARLIE – Older – 14 or 15ish – bossy, a know-it-all and pushes around the other two kids

IRVING – Younger – 8 or 9ish – cute kid

SLEEPY HOLLOW CHARACTERS:

TRUDY – Woman of the town – mother of ABBEY, BEN, WASHINGTON

ICHABOD CRANE/OLD ICHABOD – Schoolmaster – tall, awkward, in love with KATIE – frightened of his own shadow

KATIE (KATRINA VAN TASSEL) – Pretty, enamored with ICHABOD, intrigued with BROM BONES – but skeptical that either one is really right for her (KATIE Can also double as DUTCH WIFE 2)

BROM BONES – 18th Century Hunk, self-indulgent, in love with KATIE and himself

DUTCH WIFE 1 – Sort of a “do-wopp” backup chorus of women caricatures of the Dutch Wives – funny

DUTCH WIFE 2 – Sort of a “do-wopp” backup chorus of women caricatures of the Dutch Wives – funny

DUTCH WIFE 3 – Sort of a “do-wopp” backup chorus of women caricatures of the Dutch Wives – funny

RUSTIC LAD 1/MODERN COP – BROM BONES loyal followers who worship him

RUSTIC LAD 2 – BROM BONES loyal followers who worship him

RUSTIC LAD 3 – BROM BONES loyal followers who worship him

KIDS IN SLEEPY HOLLOW:

ABBEY – 18th Century child

BEN – 18th Century child

WASHINGTON – 18th Century child

SOFIE/EMILY – 18th Century child

ASSORTED TOWNSPEOPLE OR CHILDREN – Can be added or not at the discretion of the Director NOTE: THE CAST SIZE MAY BE ADJUSTED UP OR DOWN TO BEST WORK WITHIN YOUR PRODUCTION NEEDS. CHARACTER LINES MAY BE RE-ASSIGNED AND/OR ROLES COMBINED

Orchestral Information

Accompaniment CD

Piano-Vocal Score

Credits

SLEEPY HOLLOW A Musical Tale Book, Music & Lyrics by Janet Yates Vogt & Mark Friedman

A new telling of the Washington Irving classic

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