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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Will Kempe’s Players | Script and music by Kristoph DiMaria
October 28-30, November 4-6 | Fri-Sun 8pm, 3/8pm, 3pm | Arts Center of the Capital Region
12 and under FREE | $25 Adults
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is one of New York’s best known and beloved spooky stories. Washington Irving’s famous tale, published in 1820, is ripe to thin the veil for our shadows to dance about and laugh with us in as we enter a darkening time of year. The tension and humor of ghostly Sleepy Hollow, set a stone’s throw east of the Hudson River’s (Mahicantuck’s) mid-southern banks, feels timeless in its retelling.
It may resonate with native Lenape traditions of oral storytelling from before their displacement by European and American colonists. There is also a kinship with traditional German folktales, which may have been present in the mind of Irving as he penned this story from his home in London. This adaptation fills its sonic environment with Catskills folk songs, foley art, classical themes, and a dash of the contemporary. There are puppets. Scary, funny, sincere, and a touch irreverent. Fun for everyone. Come scream, dance, laugh, and sing along.
Directed by Sandy Boynton
Assistant Directed by Phillip Beattie
Musical Direction by Kristoph DiMaria
Choreography by Nancy Boynton
Stage Managed by Cameron Richardson
Set & Properties Design by Michael A. Lake and Phillip Beattie
Lighting Design and Dramaturgy by Ash Visker
Sound Design by Imzak Mohamed
Costume Design by Sandra Boynton and Shae Fitzgerald
Featuring the performances of:
Kristoph DiMaria
Kyra Fitzgerald
Shae Fitzgerald
Michael A. Lake
Michael Sinkora
Devin Trager
Date & Time
Oct 28 - Nov 6, 2022
Venue Details
Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River StreetTroy, New York 12180
