 History |
1998 |
| May 22, 1998, was the starting date for the sixth Mahoney State Park melodrama season. The schedule remained the same as the previous season as this format seems to be the most favorable for both cast and park visitors. Also, the dinner train show and the fall season were both continued with approximately the same number of performances. Our casting of three male and three female actors at the park and three female and two male actors for the train show remained the same as last season also. The usual personnel changes were made to all casts, with Shannon Marple-Hespe and D. Chapelle both directing the train and fall shows, respectively. The plays selected for production at Mahoney were "The Felon's Folly" and "The Fiend of the Footlights", by Peg Sheldrick, and "Foul Works at the Fireworks Factory" by D. Chapelle. The play chosen for the dinner train was "Scoundrel of Dagger gulch", an original written expressly for the train by D. Chapelle. The fall season ran a total of 11 weeks again and has proven to be very popular with Park visitors. Four actors were cast for this show, two female and two male. The play chosen for the fall was "Lovely in Danger" written by D. Chapelle. Michael Bergstrom agreed to perform for the first three weeks because Craig Oehring had a schedule conflict. |
The Production Staff for the 1998 summer season |
| Producer/Director ......................John Burkhart |
| Music Director .......................Julie Eischliman |
| Costume Design .............Donna Himmelberger |
| Set Design ................................. John Burkhart |
| Makeup Design ............... William M. Cover II |
| Technical Director......................Tom Curtright |
| Set Construction .......................Mark Matulka, Nick Robinson, Steve Coffey |
| Nell Tender (Deborah Israel) is skeptical about the story disguised Tumbleweed Teddy (Daniel D. Rasmussen) is telling her although Cookie Blankmange (Emily C. Williams) and Nick Dickerson (Michael Bergstrom) appear to believe him. |
The Cast of "The Fiend of the Footlights" |
| Lovell Lucre...........................................Jared Minary |
| Nell Tender.........................................Deborah Israel |
| Neda Hart......................................Kristine Kapustka |
| Cookie Blankmange......................Emily C. Williams |
| Tumbleweed Teddy.......................Daniel Rasmussen |
| Nick Dickerson.............................Michael Bergstrom |
| Villain Morly Krupt (Michael Bergstrom) doesn't know which clown is heroine Lucinda Fine, who he is attempting to kidnap. |
The cast of "The Felon's Folly"" |
| Lucinda Fine..................................Emily C. Williams |
| Vivian McGillicuddy...........................Deborah Israel |
| Morly Krupt.................................Michael Bergstrom |
| Hench.....................................................Jared Minary |
| Dr. Fielding Foley....................Daniel D. Rasmussen |
| Hannah Knight..............................Kristine Kapustka |
| Villain Osgood Lissard (Daniel D. Rasmussen) threatens Wanda Weary (Emily C. Williams) while "Happy" Ness (Michael Bergstrom) tries to protect her. Hero Fenton Finefellow (Jared Minary) is no help. |
The cast of "Foul Works at the Fireworks Factory" |
| Osgood Lissard........................Daniel D. Rasmussen |
| Natasha De Classe.............................Deborah Israel |
| Wanda Weary................................Emily C. Williams |
| "Happy" Ness.............................Michael Bergstrom |
| Fenton Finefellow..................................Jared Minary |
| Sunney Dey....................................Kristine Kapustka |
The Fremont Dinner Train Melodrama |
| Left to right: Brian Michael Lucas, Shannon Marple-Hespe, Victoria M. Alvis, Jenn Parker and Ed Dill |
The cast of "Scoundrel of Dagger Gulch" |
| Flora Darling...................................Victoria M. Alvis |
| Daisy Darling........................Shannon Marple-Hespe |
| Dirk Stilletto....................................................Ed Dill |
| Rita Wigglesmore....................................Jenn Parker |
| Preston Goodley.......................Brian Michael Lucas |
| Producer .............................................John Burkhart |
| Director.................................Shannon Marple-Hespe |
| Costume Design .....................Donna Himmelberger |
The Mahoney State Park Fall Melodrama |
| Hero Hoot Galoot (Michael Bergstrom) and heroine Amy Lovely (Kristine Kapustka) hear Aunt Aggie (Vicki Clark) explain what happened to villain Dreggs Rifraff (D. Chapelle). |
Cast of "Lovely in Danger" |
| Dreggs Rifraff.........................................D. Chapelle |
| Amy Lovely...................................Kristine Kapustka |
| Aunt Aggie...............................................Vicki Clark |
| Hoot Galoot.......Michael Bergstrom, Craig Oehring |
Production Staff |
| Producer..............................................John Burkhart |
| Director....................................................D. Chapelle |
| Costume Design......................Donna Himmelberger |
| Music Director......................................Linda Laessle |
| Set Design...........................................John Burkhart |
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