Roundabout! An Old-Fashioned Melodrama

ROUNDABOUT! (or the Completely Contrived Chronicle of Lucy Mahaffie and the Endless Right Turn

Summary: Lucinda Mahaffie needs a birthday present for James Mahaffie. She gets ‘stuck’ in a roundabout on her way to town. The rest is ‘history’.

In celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the birth of James ‘Beatty’ Mahaffie, Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm Historic Site and Olathe Civic Theatre Association are cooking up some fun for the whole family with an old-fashioned melodrama packed with more fiction than fact, but a whole lot of fun that gives Olathe’s history with the ’roundabout’!

-This old-fashioned melodrama takes place under the new picnic shelter at Mahaffie and is one hour.

-Proceeds go to Title I field trip scholarships to Mahaffie and maintenance of OCTA’s historic theatre building on Loula Street.

-In case of inclement weather or conditions on either date, the event needs to be cancelled, tickets will not be refunded. Thank you.

CAST (In order of appearance):

Narrator: Like the lead singer who doesn’t play an instrument – Peter Leondedis
Re-Bekah: Girl guide – Rebekah Grieb
Beatty Mahaffie: Old guy, proprietor of Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop – Charles Christesson Jr.
Lucy Mahaffie: Less old, Beatty’s wife, mother of 8 – Tracy Fox
Laffy Mahaffie: Female teen, Lucy and Beatty’s daughter – Jo Bledsoe Collins
Daffy Mahaffie: Female teen, Lucy and Beatty’s daughter – Jenn Ward
Zeke Mahaffie: Male, young man, Lucy and Beatty’s son – Camille Lerch
Sevenee Leven: Sufficient store owner – bad guy – Reed Uthe
Sir Carl Kay: Henchman – Derrick Freeman
Prairie Center: Hero – Sean Tevis
Grace Keeler: Goat Keeper – Amanda Albert
Cherry Anne Chestnut: Local girl, inexplicably wearing bridal gown – Lauren McDonnell
Goats: Tom and Huck. They are Spanish goats.

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director and Co-Author: Shelly Stewart Banks
Co-Author: Peter Leondedis
Stage Manager: Rita Marks
Accompanist: Roberta Wilkes
Costumes: Staff and Volunteers of Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm