Teens Needed for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Play

A gambler, a con man, and a backroom brawler. He is rebellious, volatile, charismatic, cocky, and life loving. Randall is a free-spirited leader whose mission in life seems to be raising as much hell as possible. Lead.

The head of the hospital ward. She masks her humanity and femininity behind a stiff, patronizing façade. She weakens her patients through a psychologically manipulative program designed to destroy their self esteem. Lead.

The huge, bull‐muscled, half‐breed son of an Indian Chief. He has been in the hospital for more than ten years. He sees modern society as a huge, oppressive conglomeration that he calls the Combine, and the hospital as a place meant to fix people who do not conform. Supporting.

Shy with a bad stutter. He seems younger than his age. Dominated by his mother, one of Nurse Ratched’s close friends. Billy is voluntarily in the hospital. Supporting.

College‐educated with a sharp mind and tongue. He is president of the Patients’ Council. Although he is married, he is effeminate and questions he’s own masculinity. Supporting.

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

An inmate with a dim, foolish smile and infantile manner. He lives in a world of delusional hallucinations. Supporting.

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

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

A vapid woman with apprehensive eyes. She wears a gold cross at her throat, a sign of her strict Catholic upbringing. She is fearful of the patients’ sexuality. Supporting.

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

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

Candy's older and less‐physically attractive friend; comes with her to the party on the ward. Supporting.

The Day Time Aides. Cruel and demeaning, they are Nurse Rached’s stooges. Supporting.

The nighttime orderly for Nurse Ratched’s ward. He is an elderly Tech/night watchman who smokes marijuana. Supporting.