 History |
1999 |
| May 28, 1999, was the starting date for the seventh Mahoney State Park melodrama season. A week was lost due to calendar variation which resulted in a slightly lower number of summer performances and a 10 week fall schedule. The dinner train show and fall season were very successful, so plans were made to continue both. Our casting plans were the same as last season for all three shows. Three male and three female actors at the park, three female and two male actors for the train and two each for the fall.. The usual personnel changes were made to all casts. Shannon Marple-Hespe moved out of town after six consecutive seasons as either an actor or director and Ed Dill assumed director/actor chores for the train show. D. Chapelle continued for his fifth season as director/actor for the fall season. The plays selected for production at Mahoney were "T-Minus Treachery" by past actor/author Brad Boesen; "Goodbody's Gold" and "Stop Thief!", Both by D. Chapelle. (We decided to run the ever popular "Goodbody" once again, this time adapted for six actors by Mr. Chapelle). Another casting change to the fall season was to include a cameo role for producer John Burkhart in Mr. Chapelle's "Lovely Inn Danger", thus giving fall patrons a five person show. |
The Production Staff for the 1999 summer season |
| Producer/Director .......................John Burkhart |
| Music Director .............................Linda Laessle |
| Costume Design ..............Donna Himmelberger |
| Set Design ................................. John Burkhart |
| Makeup Design ................ William M. Cover II |
| Set Construction ........................Mark Matulka, Nick Robinson, Steve Coffey |
| Agent Mally (Machele Dill) has a theory and Lola Love-Strang (Erin McLaine), Werner Von Kasparov (Fred Gartner), Hal (Craig Oehring), Lily Love-Strang (Kristine Kapustka) and Agent Scudder (Dana A. Wheatley) are all fascinated. |
The Cast of "T-Minus Treachery" |
| Mally/Nurse Chappel ...........................Machele Dill |
| Hal .......................................................Craig Oehring |
| Scudder/Dr. Love-Strang..............Dana A. Wheatley |
| Bitsy Caprice ............................................Jade Lewis |
| Werner Von Kasparov..........................Fred Gartner |
| Lily Love-Strang............................Kristine Kapustka |
| Lola Love-Strang..................................Erin McLaine |
| Curtain call - left to right: Fay Quackenbush (Machele Dill), Agnes Strong (Kristine Kapustka). Tess Bestheart (Erin McLaine), producer John Burkhart, Ned Strong (Fred Gartner), Clyde Wooden (Craig Oehring) and Newt Strong (Dana A. Wheatley). |
The cast of "Stop Thief! |
| Newt Strong....................................Dana A. Wheatley |
| Clyde Wooden.....................................Craig Oehring |
| Tess Bestheart.....................................Erin McLaine |
| Ned Strong.............................................Fred Gartner |
| Agnes Strong..................................Kristine Kapustka |
| Fay Quackenbush...................................Machele Dill |
| Teddi Bustier (Kristine Kapustka) and Ignatz B. Fowler (Craig Oehring) know what the contents of the suitcase Bob Faithful (Dana A. Wheatley) is shaking. Grammie Grumpree (Erin McLaine) and Grant Cash (Fred Gartner) are suspicious while Bob and Sugar Goodbody (Machele Dill ) have no clue. |
The cast of "Goodbody's Gold" |
| Ignatz B. Fowler..................................Craig Oehring |
| Bob Faithful/Monk.........................Dana A Wheatley |
| Teddi Bustier.................................Kristine Kapustka |
| Grammie Grumpree.............................Erin McLaine |
| Sugar Goodbody....................................Machele Dill |
| Grant Cash...........................................Fred Gartner |
The Fremont Dinner Train Melodrama |
| Cast members for the 1999 train show left to right: Ed Dill, David Knoell, Abby Miller, Heidi R. G. Weinert and Janet Macklin. |
The cast of "Galahad Rides the Rails" |
| Ida Tender..............................................Janet Macklin |
| Maybelle Lovesalott...............................Abby Miller |
| Caligula Cringe...............................................Ed Dill |
| Galahad Steele......................................David Knoell |
| Ramona Cringe...........................Heidi R. G. Weinert |
| Producer ............................................John Burkhart |
| Director...........................................................Ed Dill |
| Costume Design .....................Donna Himmelberger |
The Mahoney State Park Fall Melodrama |
| Betty Baxter (Vicki Clark) and Blacky LaRoach (D. Chapelle) are not convinced of heroine Molly Dewdrop's (Kristine Kapustka) innocence while Biff Baxter (Fred Gartner) remains loyal and true. |
Cast of "Lovely Inn Danger"" |
| Blacky LaRoach......................................D .Chapelle |
| Betty Baxter............................................Vicki Clark |
| Biff Baxter............................................Fred Gartner |
| Molly Dewdrop.............................Kristine Kapustka |
| Hyram Slugabed......................................D. Chapelle |
| Telegram Man...................................John Burkhart |
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