Sleepy Hollow: The Lost Diaries

Actor Malcolm McDowell is the Celebrity Guest Host for Every Now and Then Theatre’s radio drama, "Sleepy Hollow: The Lost Diaries." NewsTalk 1590 KVTA will broadcast the three-time international award winning thriller on Friday, October 31 at 11 p.m., and Saturday, November 1 at 6 p.m.. The hour-long drama is based upon Washington Irving's original story about schoolmaster Ichabod Crane’s infamous Halloween encounter with a headless Hessian horseman. This version offers up a surprise twist at the end.

Celebrating 25 years of broadcast radio dramas, Every Now and Then Theatre has cast McDowell in the lead for their upcoming December 2014 production, along with two more of the troupe's former celebrity hosts, Jamie Farr and Chris Hillman. McDowell is cited by many entertainment critics as one of the finest actors of his generation.

As host for "Sleepy Hollow: The Lost Diaries," Ojai resident McDowell introduces the show, and at the breaks relates historical background about Halloween, the real Sleepy Hollow, and author Washington Irving. Closing the show, McDowell reveals the countywide cast of top local actors who were allowed only one rehearsal prior to performing at a site known as Bill's Bar in Camarillo.

"Sleepy Hollow: The Lost Diaries" was written for broadcast based on the original story. The cast is Arryck Adams, Lloyd Allen, Jim Barker, Bob Decker, Jim Diderrich, Elaine Fleisher, Shawn W. Lanz, Alex Mastrovito, Ray Mastrovito, David Newcomer, Vanessa Orr, Deidre Parmenter, Penny Puente, Mark Andrew Reyes, Brittany Schaver, Linda Schaver, Jeff Schaver, Linda M. Stiegler, Todd Thayer, Nicholas Viecco, Michael Voll, Ronda Voll, and James Wortman. Sound effects were created live and in studio. Sound Designers were Jim Barker, Tom Mueller and Wortman. Script is by Wortman with Stiegler.

"Sleep Hollow: The Lost Diaries" radio drama is made possible by local resource donations from Debt and Credit Advisors for script printing, Stage 6 Productions for onsite engineering, Bill's Bar for performance space, Barkerductions for equipment, and NewsTalk 1590 KVTA radio for air time.

The all-volunteer Every Now and Then Theatre currently counts 32 international awards, 3 national, and one local, all for radio drama excellence. The troupe can be found on Facebook and maintains a website at www.everynowandthentheatre.com.