Each fall, thousands of people from around the world flock to Sleepy Hollow to visit the burial ground made famous in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The famous graveyard was also known for another resident, Hulda of Bohemia, the “High German witch doctor” who, according to Irving, is said to have bewitched Sleepy Hollow so that a “drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land.” Edgar Mayhew Bacon’s 1897 book Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow mentions Hulda as the woman whose basket weaving and healing abilities led to her being shunned as witch, while her skills as a sharpshooter made her a Revolutionary War hero.

The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow has honored Hulda with a gravestone, as well as a live presentation of Hulda: The Other Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which opens October 15th. It will be performed by storyteller Carla Lynne Hall with a live original score performed by Jim Keyes.

Tickets for Hulda: The Other Legend of Sleepy Hollow are available via Historic Hudson Valley.