Press Release

Sleepy Hollow Gets Scarier

Date: 09.15.2009

COLDWATER, MI— Halloween is going to be a little bit scarier this year when headless horsemen and dancing ghouls start making their ghostly appearances in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” at Tibbits.

              More than 55 area children are learning their lines and rehearsing their parts for the Tibbits Young Audiences (TYA) production of Washington Irving’s classic horror story just in time for Halloween.

              “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is about a scared, skinny schoolteacher called Icabod Crane. The tale tells how he is tormented first by a gang of thugs, then smitten by his first true love and then haunted by a headless ghoul. A late night trip across an eerie bridge where pumpkin heads are thrown at school teachers doesn’t help his cause either!

              Cast members in this scary comedy include: Anna Armstrong, Helen Blansit, Naomi Blansit, Jadon Brois, Ella Budd, Alexis Clemons, Ellie Clemons, Jacob Covert, Alyssa Dickens, Darien Dyer, Logan Erickson, Ben Fagen, Emma Grife, Meredith Grife, Mary Harman, Cayla Hart, Angel  Heffner, Aubrey Hodson, Tanner Holbrook, Brianna Hyde, Nicole Jodway, Caleb  Johnson, Mikayla Johnson, Rebeka Jones, Jayda Kelley, Jacob Knaack, Jeffrey Knaack, Morgan Lentz, Ashley Loukhuf, Kiana Mayer, Billy McClish, Rebecca McClish, Connor Michael, Trey Nagle, Zoe Nowicki, Sarah Odom, Karis Ogden, Olivia Ogden, Eleanor Ohm, Mackenzie Pickell, Gabriela Porter, Nathan Porter, Cami Price, Gabby Reyes, Ty Rodesiler, Erica Rodgers, Zach Slomers, Katie  Spalding, Kala Sperbeck, Jordyn Stevens, Gabriela Tanner, James Tanner, Mary Tate, Erin Washburn, Anna Wendorf, John Wheaton, Gabrielle Williams, Alex Wood, Sam Wortz and Bethany Young.

TYA presents plays for children twice yearly, a non-musical in the fall by third through eighth graders and a musical in the spring by fourth through eighth graders at Tibbits. TYA provides students this unique introduction to the world of theatre by performing in plays and other events.

Tibbits Teen Advisory Board (T-TAB) members are helping backstage with this production. T-Tab is an organization which provides a unique opportunity for middle and high school students to be involved in all aspects of the theatre world by producing and performing in plays and talent shows.

The production is directed by Tibbits staff member Carolyn Stewart and stage managed by Coldwater High School senior Kayla Dove. Stephanie Stratos is producer and choreographer. 

The play opens at 7 pm on Oct. 22 and 23 with a 2 pm matinee only on Oct. 24 at Tibbits.

Tickets are $5 and are available at the door, from cast members or at the administrative offices located at 93 W. Chicago St during normal working hours. Tibbits is located at 14 S. Hanchett St. For more information visit the web site at www.Tibbits.org or call 517-278-6029.

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