Trevin McLaughlin is a high school theatre teacher in North Richland Hills, Texas, and a graduate of Texas Tech University. He has been teaching middle and high school theatre for eight years, and he also performs and directs at community theatres in the DFW area. In his spare time, Trevin enjoys watching competition reality TV and Mavericks basketball with his cocker spaniel, Jessie.
29 pages
3 m, 5 w, 1 young female, 2 flexible, ensemble
Alina, a teen girl, is struggling with the anxiety of an ongoing custody battle between her parents. Meanwhile, she is taking on the responsibilities of her schoolwork, her friends, and taking care of her younger sister who has debilitating asthma. As she is set to testify in an upcoming hearing, Alina escapes through her favorite story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This show intertwines Alina's modern story with the classic story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman, using the words of Washington Irving himself. Can Alina find the courage to s...