Characters

The play can be performed with as few as six actors with intentional doubling. Alternatively, the play can be produced with as many as 25 actors playing unique roles and an ensemble of non-speaking roles
 

Storytellers 1-4 (F/M) – The voices and setting of Sleepy Hollow
(roles can be divided in half).

Ichabod Crane (M) – A Connecticut Schoolmaster— very friendly, huge appetite.

Katrina Van Tassel (F) – A fair damsel, a bit of a coquette.

Baltus Van Tassel (M) – Katrina’s father, a wealthy farmer.

Brom Bones (M) – The self-proclaimed hero of the country round.

School Boy (F/M) – A jerky kid with a secret.

Servant (F/M) – A wise and loyal bodyguard.

Messenger (F/M) – A cranky deliverer of news.

Headless Horseman (F/M) – The terrifying spectre of Sleepy Hollow.

Gunpowder (F/M) – Ichabod’s loyal and energetic horse.
 
Suggested actor doubling for 6 actors:

• Storyteller 1/Katrina Van Tassel

• Storyteller 2/Baltrus Van Tassel

• Storyteller 3/Brom Bones

• Storyteller 4/School Boy/Servant/Messenger

• Ichabod Crane

• Gunpowder
   

 

Minimum cast: 6 – 1 F, 3 M, 2 F/M
Maximum cast: 17+ - 1 F, 3 M, 13 F/M
(additional actors can be used as townspeople, school children, and the world of Sleepy Hollow— trees, scary things in the forest, etc.)