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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 season:
Producer/Director .......John Burkhart
Music Director ...........Linda Laessle
Costumes .........Donna Himmelberger
Set Design ............ John Burkhart
Makeup Design .... William M. Cover II
Technical Director........Tom Curtright
Set Construction .........Mark Matulka, Nick Robinson, Steve Coffey

  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
  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
  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
  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
  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.   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) 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. 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.