Fall Dinner Theatre: Mashed Potatoes & Davey
Audition Information
Youth Auditions: Monday 8/17 at 6-8pm
Adult Auditions: Tuesday 8/18 from 6-8pm
The Hutchinson Theatre Company is so excited for our fall dinner theatre production: Mashed Potatoes and Davey! Auditions will take place at the Hutchinson Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism (44 Main St S Hutchinson, MN 55350) on August 17th & 18th from 6-8pm. Please park in the lot near Art's Place and come in the back (the number 44 is posted above the door). An email announcing casting will be sent by August 20th.
Youth Auditions will be held on Monday August 17th from 6-8pm. We are primarily looking for young actors ages 10 to 15. We will start with the group gathering around one big table and cold reading a few scenes as various characters. Then we'll have each child (guardians welcome to join) audition individually with either a 30 second monologue or a reading we have selected from the show. Parents are strongly encouraged to either audition or become involved in the production and will be required to be present at our first rehearsal on August 24th at 6pm.
Adult Auditions will be held on Tuesday August 18th from 6-8pm. You can show up any time between those hours and couples are encouraged to audition together! Auditions will be cold reading a few scenes as various characters. If you are a parent auditioning with a child on Monday, there will not be a need for you to come on Tuesday.
About the Show
This year, in a stroke of good will, Mr. Masterson invites Davey Bryant over for Thanksgiving dinner. The Masterson kids are appalled; Davey, the biggest bully the kids at Faith Baptist Church have ever seen, is coming to eat at their house! Together, the four Masterson kids (and guests) hatch an anti-Davey campaign to get rid of the pest for good. To add to the mayhem, Mrs. Masterson has been doing a little inviting - and matchmaking - of her own; the new, single youth pastor, Pastor Brian, as well as Erin Thompson, a young widow, and her two daughters will also be joining the festivities. But with three of the four young girls madly in love with Pastor Brian, bringing the pair together may be easier said than done. With falling bowls of mashed potatoes, invisible dogs, turkey costumes, slingshots, and Pilgrims, one thing's for certain - it'll be a Thanksgiving no one will ever forget!
Performances: November 6-8th & 12-14th 2026 at the Crow River Winery.
Doors open at 5:30pm with buffet open through 6:30pm.
Show begins at 7pm and runs about 90 minutes plus a fifteen minute intermission.
Information on the meal will be available in October when tickets go on sale.
Directed by Cassie Smith & Airy Summer Day
MASHED POTATOES & DAVEY by Megan Orr is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
This activity is funded in part with a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council made possible by the voters of Minnesota, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Character Descriptions
Adult Roles
John Masterson - Age 35; bus driver for the local church bus ministry; outgoing; energetic; comical
Beth Masterson - Age 34; John's wife; helps John on his bus route each week; great cook; enjoys playing matchmaker although she is not very good at it
Pastor Brian Malone - Age 28; Faith Baptist's new, single youth pastor; teaches junior church; all the little girls have crushes on him, including Meredith, Katie and Tara.
Erin Thompson - Age 29; widowed mother of Katie and Tara; Beth tried to set her up with Pastor Brian
Youth Roles
Davey Bryant - Age 12; acts tough but actually sensitive deep down; awkward; no manners; secretly thrilled to have been invited to the Mastersons' for Thanksgiving; in awe of everything
JD Masterson - Age 12; ringleader of the Masterson kids; intelligent and highly creative; the idea mastermind
Meredith Masterson - Age 11; tomboy; competitive, argumentative; Tyler's protector
Tyler Masterson - Age 9; quiet, shy, easily embarrassed; Davey's favorite person to tease
Lexi Masterson - Age 7; plays up her role as baby of the family for all its worth; immense lung power; spunky; mischievous
Katie Thompson - Age 10; Meredith's friend; intelligent; bossy; especially toward her sister
Tara Thompson - Age 8; Katie's younger sister; greatly admires her sister and often imitates everything Katie says, a follower
Mick - JD's church friend; speaking part
Riley - JD's church friend; speaking part