TARRYTOWN (2025)

​​Based on the eerie legend of Sleepy Hollow, this Off-Broadway musical tells a fast-paced and heartfelt story through pop music. It explores the difficulties, contradictions, and beauty of connecting with others.

Written, composed, and with lyrics by Adam Wachter, the show premiered in 2017 at the Diversionary

Theatre’s Black Box Theatre in San Diego, California.

In November 2023, Kazuki Nakahara obtained the official license and brought the show to Japan for the first time. He also took on the roles of translator, lyricist, and director for the Japanese production.

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TARRYTOWN may seem simple initially, but it tells a deeply complex story. Each character longs for freedom, yet their circumstances prevent them from achieving it.

Although they could choose to abandon everything and pursue freedom, they seem irresistibly drawn to—and trapped by—something mysterious and uncanny about Tarrytown itself.

Through stage design, I wanted to express the forest where ancient spirits rest, and the people gradually consumed by its strange powers.

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本作は、首なし騎士の伝説「スリーピーホロウ」が色濃く受け継がれるNY近郊のタリータウン村を舞台に、３人の若者の人生が複雑に絡み合っていく物語。

作者は、舞台全景のデザインや布地の制作、台座・小道具のデザイン監修などを担当した。全長4mに及ぶシルクにサイアノタイプと木々のドローイングを施し、布地を重ね合わせ、古の怪異が眠る森と、その魔力に飲み込まれていく登場人物たちの姿を表現した。