The Chino Community Theatre will hold open auditions for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman, from the novel by Ken Kesley, and directed by Toni Lynd.

All actors will cold read from the script.  Rehearsals will be three evenings a week with special character work available Sunday afternoons.  Show runs Septenber 10- October 2.  THERE IS NO PAY
 
For more information, contact the theater at 909.590.1149 or the director at 909.455.3938. 

RANDLE PATRICK MC MURPHY: shaggy, long side burns.  A devilish grin and a face battered and scarred across nose and cheekbone. red neck -biker attitude –bull in a china shop. lazy, lecherous, and a con man. born leader.
LEAD ROLE/ 30′S -UP

CHIEF BROMDEN: Huge,bull muscled Indian who stands six and a half feet tall, but carries himself like a small man that the system has struck down. mute to his fellow inmates and ward staff. monologues exhibit a wise and sensitive, spirtual man. the heart of the show.
LEAD ROLE/ 30′S -UP

NURSE RATCHED: a handsome woman, her age is hard to tell. a stern, all business, perfectionist who smiles for the patients in a professional therapeutic manner. she expects her world to be just so and will do all it takes to keep it standardised. nemesis to Mc Murphy. LEAD ROLE/ 30′S UP
 
DALE HARDING:  the head man until R.P.  enters the scene. intelligent, well spoken, somewhat flamboyant.
one wonders why he is in the mental institution, until
the nurse unravels his insecurities in group meetings. wears his robe like a uniform. rival and friend to Mc Murphy. LEAD ROLE /30′S UP

BILLY BIBBITT: a child man. a frightened rabbit in a den of wolves. a soul tortured by a domineering mother and
low self esteem, affected with a terrible stammer and
the desire to be one of the boys.an immediate worshiper
of RP. LEAD ROLE/20′S -UP.

SCANLON:  balding, determined, and mostly quiet in his routine of assembling his imaginary bomb and feeding his paranoia delusions. great character role.  SUPPORT ROLE/ 50′s

CHARLES CHESWICK: short, chubby, crew -cut hair style. his manner alternately truculent and cringing. sarcasm and criticism are a normal diet in his speech.
great character role. 30′s / UP

MARTINI :  impish, agreeable, easy to laugh, and completely delusional. he is prone to buddying with
imaginary friends. he has alot of heart and wants badly
to please and to end his nightmare. great character role. 30′s /UP.

DR SPIVEY: the administrative piece in the puzzle. a tired, unimaginative, worker bee for the state hospital. a man dying to experience life in a grander scale but confined to a desk and rules, who sees RP as a bold
experiment, a breath of fresh air. great character role.
40′s/ UP

RUCKLY: a seriously damaged man. chronic mental patient. he requires constant care full time and does not speak except for a bark of obscenity he uses to comment with. he is forever in a Christ -like pose against a wall and through misty eyes he surveys his
fellow sheep. great character role / AGE OPEN

NURSE FLYNN:  a mousey, high strung, proper and professional novice in over her head. attractive and yet
non sexual ,non threatening lackey for the big nurse. great character role/ 20′s UP

CANDY:  RP’s good time girl from the outside. a hot, sexy, free spirit of the era. a kind and extroverted
young woman looking for the next big adventure. her best friend,Sandy, bar hops with her and she is loyal to RP. she changes Billy’s life. great character role. 20′s/UP

SANDY:  Candy’s partner in crime. a party girl to end all
party girls. that one that everyone talks about the next day. bottle in hand at every occassion and first to dance. unlucky in love. great character role. 20′s /UP

AIDE WARREN: a strong, bullying, in charge worker bee to the big nurse. he loves a good bs session with co- worker Williams, and harrassing deaf and dumb Bromden.
great character role. 20′s/UP

AIDE WILLIAMS: not as sadistic perhaps as his fellow
aide, but eager to push people around under the radar
of the rules. great character role. 20′s/UP

TURKLE: part night watchman, part janitor, all boob. a good ol’boy just trying to skate by with as little effort as possible. smells a kindred soul in RP. great character role. 30′s/UP