Auditions

RANDLE P. MCMURPHY – Age Range-30-50 (M, Patient) A gambler, a con man, and a backroom boxer. Has a devilish grin and has a wide- open extroverted air which is in harsh contrast to the environment of the ward. He serves as the dominant force challenging the establishment and the ultimate savior of the victimized patients. Will have kissing scenes and a choreographed fight scene. Wears just a towel in another scene. NURSE RATCHED –Age Range 40-60 (F, Staff) 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. Ratched’s emasculating, mechanical ways slowly drain all traces of humanity from her patients. Will have a choreographed fight scene. CHIEF BROMDEN –Age Range 40-60 (M, Patient) The huge, bull-muscled, son of an Indian Chief. He has been in the hospital for ten years, longer than any other patient in the ward. Bromden 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. AIDE WARREN and AIDE WILLIAMS – Age Range 20-40 (M, Staff) The Day Time Aides. Nurse Ratched hired them because they are filled with hatred and will submit to her wishes completely. NURSE FLINN –Age Range 20’s (F, Staff) A vapid girl 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. DALE HARDING – Age Range 30-50 (M, Patient) College-educated with a sharp tongue. He is President of the Patients’ Council. Although he is married, he is a homosexual. He has difficulty dealing with the overwhelming social prejudice against homosexuals, so he hides in the hospital voluntarily. BILLY BIBBIT – Age Range 20-34 (M, Patient) Shy and has 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, as he is afraid of the outside world. SCANLON – Age Range 30-60 (M, Patient) Involuntarily committed to the hospital. He has fantasies of blowing things up. CHESWICK – Age Range 30-60 (M, Patient) Eager and quick to argue or fight. Aggressively defiant yet cringing. All talk, no action. MARTINI – Age Range 30-60 (M, Patient) A little Italian man who lives in a world of delusional hallucinations. RUCKLY – Age Range 20-40 (M, Patient) A Chronic patient. Was once curable, but was transformed into a Chronic due to a botched lobotomy. SPIVEY – Age Range 30-60 Age Range (M, Staff) The administrator of the mental institution. He is a calm, caring doctor. He doubts that anything is wrong with McMurphy’s mind, but he defers to the opinion of Nurse Ratched. AIDE TURKLE – Age Range 40-60 (M, Staff) The nighttime orderly for Nurse Ratched’s ward. He is easygoing and kind. CANDY STARR – Age Range 20-40(F, Other) A beautiful, carefree prostitute. She comes to the ward for a late-night party that McMurphy arranges. Will have kissing scenes. SANDRA – Age Range 20-35 (F, Other) A prostitute who comes with Candy to the late-night party. Will have kissing scene.