Murrieta Repertory Theatre will hold auditions for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Auditions will be held March 18th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm, and March 19th, from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, at the Murrieta Community Center.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest will be directed by Coley O’Brien McAvoy. All roles are open. 21 and over preferred. 18 - 21 yrs will be considered based on maturity, talent and experience, at the time of audition.

Murrieta Repertory Theatre is located at 41810 Juniper Street in old town Murrieta. For information call (951) 600-7273.

Synopsis - This grim satire, first published in 1962, is set among the patients and workers in a mental institution. It tells the story (narrated by an inmate) of an energetic con man who seeks institutionalization as a means of escaping the rigors of a prison work farm. Before long, in order to reduce the sexual and emotional impotence of the men at the institution, he began to challenge the dictatorial Nurse Ratched, irrevocably altering the destiny of those in the ward. The story is made up of series of skirmishes between McMurphy and the Big Nurse, how he becomes a hero by changing the lives of the inmates, and the dear price of his individualism.