OGDENSBURG -- St. John’s Conservatory Theater is casting talent from Ogdensburg, Heuvelton, Morristown and Gouverneur in its fifth all-original musical comedy “Kreepy Hallow,” based on Washington Irving's classic short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

The play stars Jillian LeBel as Alia Hobbs, Hailey Weber as Ravinia Hobbs and Parthenia Goste, Dee Bellinger as Etta Hobbs, Grace Brunet as Abitha Hobbs, Richard O’Donnell as narrator Brazillia R. Kreep, Angela Conzone Dwyer as Ichaboda Krane, Cole Siebels as Thaddeus Frye, Myah Myers as Felicity Caldwell, Madalyn Bascom as Alida Van Iderstine, Christopher Rodriguez as Abner Frye, Haley Dawley as Mercy Faith, Grace Wills as Oheo Seneca, Megan Gardner as Chasity Smyth, Emma Murray as Charity Smyth, Madalyn Bascom as Alida Van Iderstine, Christopher Dwyer as Bartholomeus Van tassel, Shelly Murdock as Electra Van Brunt, and Ryan Woodard as the Town Crier.

Musical direction and choreography are by Angela Conzone Dwyer, musical arrangements and orchestrations are by Ryan C. McNally, set and prop designs by Stephen Chambers, costumes and makeup are by Ann Losurdo and Karen Fischbeck Carmany, the stage is managed by Sadie Smith, technical direction and production coordination are by Christopher Dwyer, and the show is directed by Richard O’Donnell.

Show times are Friday and Saturday evenings October 16, 17, 23, 24 at 7 p.m. and October 18 and 25 at 2 p.m.. Tickets cost $15 at the door (suggested donation), or $10 at kreepyhallow.brownpapertickets.com. JCT is located on the second floor of St. John's Parish House, on the corner of Franklin and Knox streets in Ogdensburg. For more information, please visit St. John’s Conservatory Theater’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/stjohnsconservatorytheater.

Set in the 1860’s along the St. Lawrence River, when the first appointed female teacher, Miss Ichaboda Krane, takes over the ghostly schoolroom built on-top of a sacred Iroquois burial ground. With a classroom filled with eclectic children, her “eye” on Bartholomeus Van Tassel, a few unexpected guests, and a jealous local woman Electra Van Brunt watching her every move, Miss Ichaboda Krane’s Halloween celebration turns into a most haunting affair. Narrated by Brazillia R. Kreep himself, the play tells the tale of Ichaboda Krane’s encounter with all things that go bump in the night as the Headless Horseman rides again.

“Kreepy Hallow” is a musical comedy featuring an original book, music and lyrics by award-winning playwright and composer Richard O’Donnell, a.k.a. Brazillia R. Kreep. Brazillia (according to Wikipedia) has penned over a half dozen full-scale musicals produced here and across the country in the quaint seaport of Port Townsend, Washington with the highly praised traveling theatre company the Black Pearl Cabaret. O’Donnell, who Chicago Tribune referred to as “Edward Gorey-ish,” holds the title of playwright-in-residence for St. John's Conservatory Theater. His previous plays “Alice Isn’t All There” and “A Kreepy Christmas Carol” were well-received and reminiscent of Tim Burton’s Gothic ingenuity, well suited for this Halloween offering.