One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

by Dale Wasserman
Based on the novel by Ken Kesey

 

Synopsis: Randle Patrick 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 martinet. Quickly, he takes over the yard and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years; he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk. He leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and chippies. For one offense, the head nurse has him submit to shock treatment. The party is too horrid for her and she forces him to submit to a final correction a frontal lobotomy.

Cast

Chief Bromden	Bill Hardgrave
Aide Warren	Michael Kilhefner
Aide Williams	Deen Knight
Nurse Ratched	Lydia Mahan
Nurse Flinn	Betty Greene
Dale Harding	Doug Woodruff
Ellis	Lawrence Westfall
Billy Bibbit	J.C. Holler III
Scanlon	Mel Gragido
Cheswick	Ed Ciolfi
Martini	Gerry Goldstein
Ruckly	Ed Douglas
Col. Matterson	Butch Gibson
Randle P. McMurphy	Phil Rose
Dr. Spivey	Dan O'Leary
Aide Turkle	Rick Zumwalde
Candy Starr	Nancy Hasty
Nurse Nakamura	Alita Gabler
Technician	Ted Whitemore
Sandra	Miriam Williams

 

Production Staff

Director	Thomas R. Long
Scenic Designer	Don Calvert
Production Supervisor	Bill Hardgrave
Stage Manager	Alita Gabler
Property Mistress	Nancy Hasty
Sound Design	Larry Clark
Wardrobe Mistress	Priscilla Cooper
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress	Miriam Williams
Shop Foreman	Lawrence Westfall
Master Electrician	J.C. Holler III
Board Operator	Ree Crosby
Special Effects	Ted Whitmore
Technician	Butch Gibson
Makeup	Ed Douglas
Publicity Manager	John Glancy
	John Waite
House Manager	Margaret Mullen