ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
Presented by The Drama Workshop
Nov. 7-23
Cheviot
Directed by Joe Penno
Cast: Ron Samad as Chief Bromden, Bill Keeton as Harding, Geoffrey Hill as Billy, Jim Waldfogle as Scanlon, Chris Bishop as Cheswick, Ray Lebowski as Martini, Kent Smith as Ruckley, Steffen Whorton as McMurphy, Doug Tumeo as Warren, Scott Unes as Williams, Lee Behymer as Turkle, Clint Bramkamp as Spivey, Gretchen Gantner as Rached, Jody Hart as Flinn, Julia Hedges as Candy & Amy Mirlisena as Sandy
With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, this play is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy is sent to the state mental hospital for evaluation. There he encounters a motley crew of mostly voluntary inmates, including cowed mama’s boy Billy and silent Native American Chief Bromden. The ward is presided over by the icy Nurse Ratched, and Ratched and McMurphy quickly recognize that each is the other’s worst enemy: an authority figure who equates sanity with correct behavior, and a misfit who is charismatic enough to dismantle the system simply by living as he pleases.
- Fri-Sat, Nov. 7-8 at 8pm
- Sun, Nov. 9 at 2pm
- Fri-Sat, Nov. 14-15 at 8pm Sat performance has SOLD OUT
- Sun, Nov. 16 at 2pm
- Fri-Sat, Nov. 21-22 at 8pm
- Sun, Nov. 23 at 2pm
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