Lincoln High School Theatre students (from left) Jesse Vineyard, Eli Martin and Sam Maser rehearse "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," which the full cast will perform at 2 p.m. today at the school's Ted Sorensen Theatre .
Lincoln High School Theatre will present its season-opening play, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving, adapted by Mary and Andrew Arnault, at 2 p.m. today, Oct.
5, at Ted Sorensen Theatre. The play is directed by Molly Thomas. Synopsis: Early on a September morning, the villagers of Sleepy Hollow await their new schoolmaster.
When Ichabod finally arrives, his priggish correctness casts a pall over the gossipy, prank-playing townsfolk. Soon enough, though, his genteel manners and his hymn singing impress the ladies, including Katrina Van Tassel, the town belle. The menfolk are less thrilled, especially Brom Bones, Katrina's beau, and he begins plotting to rid himself of his unwelcome rival.
Matters come to a head during the Van Tassels’ Halloween party, after which the superstitious Ichabod is accosted on his lonely ride home by a fiendish apparition, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. The next morning, Ichabod has disappeared, leaving behind only a song in the wind, and a new legend is born. People are also reading.
.. LHS senior Henry Alvarez plays the iconic schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and fellow senior Soren Vessely portrays the alluring Katrina Van Tassel.
“It’s a fun challenge to portray such a well-known character and at the sam.