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| Sleepy Hollow locals Carolyn Lodge and Pat LaMarra delight in scaring new schoolmaster Ichabod Crane (Kirk Reichar, center) with tales of the village's ghosts. |
CHESTER, Pa. - Widener University’s FreshBaked Theatre Company will present The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on
two consecutive Sundays, Nov. 3 and Nov. 10, at 2 p.m. in Alumni Auditorium,
located on Widener’s Main Campus in Chester, Pa. The play is for children ages
6 and up and families. Running time is 50 minutes.
The FreshBaked Theatre Company will
also host special matinee performances for local schools and homeschooling
families on Wednesday, Nov. 6 and Thursday, Nov. 7. These performances are by reservation
only. Contact Director Lisa Eckley Cocchiarale at ljcocchiarale@mail.widener.edu for more
information.
Admission to all performances of The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow is by free will cash donation, with all funds
benefiting community aid organizations in Chester. Suggested donation is $1-2
per person.
In this version of The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow, award-winning playwright Kathryn Schultz Miller retells
Washington Irving’s classic ghost story with young audiences in mind. The
performance packs thrills, chills and laughs and features a spooky jaunt
through the woods . . . and a spine-tingling encounter with the infamous
Headless Horseman.
The cast features Widener University
students Luis Aguilar, Autumn Heisler, Patrick LaMarra, Carolyn Lodge, Anna
McCormick, Kirk Reichart, and Kim Vogel, as well as Wilmington, Del., resident
Ruby Knipe. It is directed by Cocchiarale, with technical direction by Daniel
Castagna.
Since 2001, Widener’s FreshBaked
Theatre Company has produced quality drama for children and families in the
greater Chester area. The ensemble seeks to enhance Widener University’s
commitment to civic engagement by sharing the magic of live performing
arts. “Our mission is to present inventive drama for young minds and the people
who nurture them,” said Cocchiarale.
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