One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
a
COMEDY/DRAMA
adapted by Dale Wasserman,
from the novel by Ken Kesey
from the novel by Ken Kesey
January 11 - 27, 2007
"Funny, touching and exciting - the stuff of great theatre!" - N.Y. Daily News
McMurphy is a charming, devil-may-care rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than work in a prison. He takes over the yard, and he accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years - a presumed deaf and dumb man talks and others move out of introversion. He stages a revolt and makes demands on behalf of the patients. This, he suddenly learns, is a mistake. His charm does not work on the head nurse, however, but only aggravates her antagonism towards him.