[NEohioPAL]"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" - Opening this Friday @ CVLT!

Wed Jun 7 08:15:52 PDT 2006

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*/"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest "
OPENING FRIDAY!
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*Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm**
June 9th - July 1st **
40 River St. in Chagrin Falls 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40+river+street,+chagrin+falls+OH&spn=0.015405,0.040443&iwloc=A&hl=en>
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Tickets $14 adults, $10 under 18/over 60.
Group sales and subscriptions available.
Not recommended for children due to adult themes.

*www.CVLT.org <http://www.CVLT.org>
440-247-8955 for tickets!*

In the play, which is based on Ken Kesey's classic 1962 novel, Randle P. 
McMurphy (Chris Crimaldi) has landed himself in the state mental 
hospital because he believes that life would be easier there than on the 
Work Farm where he is serving time for contributing to the delinquency 
of a minor. Once inside, McMurphy mobilizes the patients with his skewed 
view and rebellious tendencies, and actually seems to help his fellows 
overcome their mental and social problems, but the hospital authorities 
are not amused. In particular, Randle finds a fearsome nemesis in the 
harsh and dictatorial Nurse Ratched (Natalie Bauman).  /One Flew Over 
The Cuckoo's Nest/ deals with themes of freedom vs. authority, 
repression of sexuality, individuality, and the right to basic humanity, 
through a dark and satirical lens.

/One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest/ is probably best known for Jack 
Nicholson's appearance in the Academy Award winning 1975 film 
adaptation. The staged version was revived on major stages to critical 
acclaim in 2001 with Gary Sinise in the leading role at Steppenwolf, and 
again in 2005 with Christian Slater at the Garrick Theatre in London's 
West End.

When Chagrin Valley Little Theatre premieres its production of Dale 
Wasserman's /One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest/ on June 9th, it will mark 
the return of not only the show itself, but some of its original actors, 
to the CVLT main stage.  Chagrin Valley Little Theatre may have been the 
first non-professional theatre in the Cleveland area to perform the 
play, having first produced it in 1973, just 2 years following its 
successful Broadway premiere, which starred Kirk Douglas in the leading 
role (Wasserman's earlier three-act adaptation had opened and failed on 
Broadway in 1963).  The original CVLT production included local actors 
Sy Levine and Wayne Merholz, both of whom will be appearing again in the 
new production set to open in June.  The play's director, Bob Kmiecik, 
appeared in /Cuckoo's Nest/ himself in 1974 at Bay Village's Huntington 
Playhouse.  All three men have remained active in community theatre 
since over the past three decades, appearing in a number of shows at 
Chagrin Valley and elsewhere.

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<big><big>"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest " 
OPENING FRIDAY! 
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<big><big>Fridays & Saturdays at
8:00 pm</big></big><big><big> 
June 9th - July 1st </big></big><big><big><a
 href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40+river+street,+chagrin+falls+OH&spn=0.015405,0.040443&iwloc=A&hl=en"> 
40 River St. in Chagrin Falls</a> 
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Tickets $14 adults, $10 under
18/over 60. 
Group sales and subscriptions available. 
Not recommended for children due to adult themes. 

<big><a
 href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a> 
440-247-8955 for tickets!</big> 

In the play, which is based on Ken
Kesey's classic 1962 novel, Randle P. McMurphy (Chris Crimaldi) has
landed himself in the state mental hospital because he believes that
life would be easier there than on the Work Farm where he is serving
time for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Once inside,
McMurphy mobilizes the patients with his skewed view and rebellious
tendencies, and actually seems to help his fellows overcome their
mental and social problems, but the hospital authorities are not
amused. In particular, Randle finds a fearsome nemesis in the harsh and
dictatorial Nurse Ratched (Natalie Bauman).  One Flew Over The
Cuckoo's Nest deals with themes of freedom vs. authority,
repression of sexuality, individuality, and the right to
basic humanity, through a dark and satirical lens.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is
probably best known for Jack Nicholson's appearance in the Academy
Award winning 1975 film adaptation. The staged version was revived on
major stages to critical acclaim in 2001 with Gary Sinise in the
leading role at Steppenwolf, and again in 2005 with Christian Slater at
the Garrick Theatre in London's West End. 

When Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
premieres its production of Dale Wasserman's One Flew Over The
Cuckoo's Nest on June 9th, it will mark the return of not only the
show itself, but some of its original actors, to the CVLT main stage. 
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre may have been the first non-professional
theatre in the Cleveland area to perform the play, having first
produced it in 1973, just 2 years following its successful Broadway
premiere, which starred Kirk Douglas in the leading role (Wasserman's
earlier three-act adaptation had opened and failed on Broadway in
1963).  The original CVLT production included local actors Sy Levine
and Wayne Merholz, both of whom will be appearing again in the new
production set to open in June.  The play's director, Bob Kmiecik,
appeared in Cuckoo's Nest himself in 1974 at Bay Village's
Huntington Playhouse.  All three men have remained active in community
theatre since over the past three decades, appearing in a number of
shows at Chagrin Valley and elsewhere.
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