Sawdust Theatre Auditions for 2026 Summer Season

Play/Olio Auditions on: Play Auditions - Sunday, February 1 at 2p.m. Monday, February 2 at 6:30p.m. Olio Auditions - Tuesday, February 3 at 7p.m. The 2026 melodrama is titled “Calamity at the Coquelle Creamery” or “Udder Confusion” was written by Cindy Robnett, Diana Amling, and Gael Berhow. It originally premiered at the theatre in 1989 and again in 2001 The play will be double cast, so each character will have two actors/actresses ready for each performance. Nancy Wilson, the play’s director, is looking for 24 performers over the age of 16 to fill the roles. The play is set on a dairy farm in the lovely Coquelle Valley, where the evil villain Franklin Basher "that terrible masher!" works his wiles against heroine Henrietta Holstein and her hero, Ferdinand Farinsworth. Will hero foil Franklin’s dastardly plan? Will Henrietta knit one, purl two until her dreams come true?