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Casting Call for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Show

Swarthmore, PA, United States
ID: 229966Exp: 6/18/2023
Description:

The company is holding auditions for the "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" Show and looking for actors, please see the details below. About the project: Based on the novel by Ken Kesey, this is a dramatic play that asks what it means to be sane or insane, and more importantly, who gets to define what qualifies as sanity or insanity. Additional themes explored are human dignity vs. institutionalization, societal pressures and individual shame, sexuality and emasculation. The play draws a clear connection between men’s sexuality and their freedom—their very ability to be “men”. Additional info: Callbacks, if necessary: Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 7-9 PM Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue – Comedic or Dramatic. Rehearsals will begin on July 10th and then run Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 PM, and Sundays at 5 PM. Mandatory Tech week is 9/24-9/28. Performance dates are: Friday, September 29th at 8 PM Saturday, September 30th at 8 PM Sunday, October 1st at 2 PM Friday, October 6th at 8 PM Saturday, October 7th at 8 PM Sunday, October 8th at 8 PM Please print a copy of the audition form, complete it (please add the name of the show), and bring it with you to the audition. (Copies will be available at auditions for those who are unable to print it.) Covid-19 Policy: Directors require all performers to be fully vaccinated. Mask policies will follow current CDC guidelines.

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8 roles

BILLY BIBBITMale20-30 y.o.All ethnicities

Extremely shy and has a bad stutter. He seems younger than his age. Dominated by his mother, who is one of Nurse Ratched’s close friends. Billy is voluntarily in the hospital.

DALE HARDINGMale40-56 y.o.All ethnicities

College-educated with a sharp mind and tongue. He is President of the Patients’ Council. Although he is married, he is effeminate and questions his own masculinity.

MARTINIMale25-60 y.o.All ethnicities

A little Italian man who lives in a world of delusional hallucinations.

RUCKLYMale25-50 y.o.All ethnicities

A Chronic patient who was once curable, but was transformed into a permanent resident due to a botched lobotomy. He uses foul language.

CANDY STARRFemale20-40 y.o.All ethnicities

A prostitute from Portland with a “heart of gold.” She is physically attractive and passive, and helps Billy Bibbit lose his virginity. She will have physical, kissing scenes.

SANDRAFemale30-45 y.o.All ethnicities

Candy’s older and less‐physically attractive friend who comes with her to the party at the ward. She will have physical, kissing scenes.

AIDE WARREN and AIDE WILLIAMSFemale20-40 y.o.All ethnicities

They are day time aides, who are cruel and demeaning to the patients. They are Nurse Ratched’s stooges. They will have physical, fight scenes, and both use foul language).

AIDE TURKLEFemale50-70 y.o.All ethnicities

She is a nighttime orderly for Nurse Ratched’s ward. An elderly tech/night staff member who smokes marijuana, McMurphy bribes her to help arrange the final party.