Auditions for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" Show

A gambler, a con man, and a backroom brawler. Has a devilish grin and a wide-open, extroverted air which is in harsh contrast to the environment of the ward. Will have kissing scenes and a choreographed fight scene. Wears just a towel in another scene. Uses foul language.

The head of the hospital ward. She masks her humanity and femininity behind a stiff, patronizing fugade. She wenkens her patients through a psychologically manipulative program designed to destroy their self-esteem. Ratched's emasculating, mechanical ways slowly drain all traces of humanity from her patients. Will have a choreographed fight scene.

The daytime aides. Cruel and demeaning, they are Nurse Rarched's stooges. (Fight scenes; both use foul language.)

A vapid woman with apprehensive eves. She wears a gold cross at her throat, a sign of her strict Catholic upbringing. She is fearful of the patients' sexuality. She is fearful in general.

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.

Shy and has a bad stutter. He seems younger than his age. Dominated by his mother, one of Nurse Rarched's close friends. Billy is voluntarily in the hospital.

Involuntarily committed to the hospital. He has fantasies of blowing things up. Uses foul language.

Eager and quick to argue or fight. Aggressively defiant vet cringing. All talk, no action.

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

A chronic patient. Was once curable, but was transformed into a chronic due to a botched lobotomy. Uses foul language.

The administrator and psychiatrist of the mental institution. He doubts that anything is wrong with McMurphy's mind, bur he defers to the opinion of Nurse Ratched.

The nighttime orderly for Nurse Ratched's ward. He is an elderly tech/night watchman who smokes marijuana. McMurphy bribes him to help arrange the ward's final party.

A prostitute from Portland with a "heart of gold." She is physically attractive and passive, and relieves Billy Bibbit of his virginity.

Candy's older friend; comes with her to the party on the ward.

A towering, half-Native American patient and narrator of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Chief Bromden feigns deafness and muteness to survive the ward while silently observing those around him. Intelligent and sensitive, he is weighed down by trauma, paranoia, and powerful hallucinations that reflect institutional oppression. Over the course of the play, he reclaims his voice, strength, and identity. This role requires strong physical presence, emotional depth, and expressive storytelling.