Roundabout! An Old-Fashioned Melodrama

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Apr 28 – Apr 29, 2018 

Saturday at 5 pm & 7:30 pm (BBQ served between shows at 6 pm and 6:45 pm) | Sunday at 2 pm (no BBQ)

Location: Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm Historic Site

1200 E Kansas City Rd, Olathe, Kansas 66061

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 Assocation 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’!

The melodrama takes place under the new picnic shelter on the grounds of the historic Mahaffie Farm and is one hour. Choose between two performance times — 5 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. on Saturday (BBQ served between performances on Saturday at 6 pm for the early show and 6:45 pm for the later show), or Sunday at 2 pm. The Sunday performance will be interpreted for the hearing impaired.

DETAILS

Tickets on Saturday are $20/person ages five & up and includes a BBQ dinner to enjoy between the 5pm and 7:30 pm shows, and a free admission to Mahaffie. All participants ages five & up will need a ticket and all ages welcome.

On Sunday, the ticket price includes one admission and a coupon for a free visit to Mahaffie ($10). The Sunday performance will be interpreted for the hearing impaired.

TICKETS

Tickets can be purchased at Mahaffie during the week or the day of the show (cash and credit/debit cards will be accepted at the door before each of the three performances), or online at the following links:

Saturday 5 pm – (Show starts at 5 pm followed by the BBQ dinner at 6 p.m.):

https://apm.activecommunities.com/olatheparksrec/Activity_Search/mh-mahaffie-roundabout-melodrama-5-p-m/6875

Saturday 7:30 pm – (Arrive by 6:45 for the BBQ dinner, and then the show starts at 7:30 p.m.):

https://apm.activecommunities.com/olatheparksrec/Activity_Search/mh-mahaffie-roundabout-melodrama-7-30-p-m/6876

Sunday at 2:00 pm:

https://apm.activecommunities.com/olatheparksrec/Activity_Search/mh-mahaffie-roundabout-melodrama-2-p-m/7397

PARKING: The day of the performance, please park in the parking lot near the Mahaffie House, not the Heritage Center. Signs will direct parking.

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 canceled, 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 – Mahaffie's actual 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

Price: $20 Saturday (w/ BBQ); $10 Sunday (no BBQ)

Ages: All ages!