Montgomery High School's production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest will make you reconsider your entire preconceived thoughts about high school theatre. From the very moment you enter the night of the performance you will be entirely immersed in the environment of the Oregon State Psychiatric Ward when every audience member is "admitted". Secrets lie around every corner and will make you reconsider your view point of theatre with this audience immersed interactive production.
With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Dale Wasserman's adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel 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, presided over by the icy Nurse Ratched. Ratched and McMurphy 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. McMurphy proceeds to instigate group insurrections large and small, ranging from a restorative basketball game to an unfettered afternoon boat trip and a tragic after-hours party with hookers and booze. Nurse Ratched, however, has the machinery of power on her side to ensure that McMurphy will not defeat her. Still, McMurphy's message to live free or die is ultimately not lost on one inmate, revealing that escape is still possible even from the most oppressive conditions.
Cast
Randle P. McMurphy - Thomas Disser
Nurse Ratched - Claudia Papp
Billy Bibbit - Tyler Mount
Chief Bromden - JT Nispel
Dale Harding - Robin Galloway
Scanlon - London Ham
Cheswick - Zach Nasr
Martini - Paul Disser
Aide Warren - Edwin Hoff
Aide Williams - Taylor Danforth
Dr. Spivey - Jeremy Foster
Nurse Flinn - Amy Thompson
Aide Turkle - Johnathon Bradford
Candy Starr - Sadie Hollifield
Sandra - Lauren Moran
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