One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Dale Wasserman, adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey
Directed by Brooke Farmer
October 31
November 1, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15
Produced by permission of Samuel French, Inc.
Randle P. McMurphy is a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather in a prison. This, he learns, was a mistake. He clashes with the head nurse, a fierce artinet. Quickly, he takes over the yard and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do: he leads others in the ward out of introversion. In doing so he becomes a sort of leader, and the conflicts with the staff increase toward an inevitable end. Winner of the 2001 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival.
"Cuckoo is captivating." -- N.Y. Post
"Scarifying and powerful." -- N.Y. Times
"Funny, touching, and exciting." -- N.Y. Daily News
"Brilliant. The stuff of great theatre." -- WQR Radio
"Transforms the audience into one wild cheering section." -- WNYC Radio
"One of the finest, most meaningful and most moving plays of recent times." -- WPIX TV