The Bijou Theatre in Bijou Square, Bridgeport is excited to announce open call auditions for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” directed by Mat Young.
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” will be the third production of The Bijou’s 2015-16 Main Stage Season of live theatre.
Open call auditions will be held Monday, November 9 and Tuesday, November 10 from 7pm-10pm at The Bijou Box, 150 Elm Street, Bridgeport. Callbacks, if necessary, will take place Monday, November 16 from 7pm-10pm, also at The Bijou Box.
Rehearsals for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” will be held Sundays through Thursdays from 7pm-10pm, beginning around November 28th. Performances are 1/29, 1/30, 2/5 and 2/6 at 8pm, 2/6 at 2pm and 2/7 at 5pm at The Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport.
Auditioning actors must be ages 16 and up. All roles are open. Non-equity, no pay. All types, ethnicities and GENDERS are encouraged to audition. We encourage WOMEN TO READ FOR ALL ROLES IN THE SHOW. Some roles will be gender-bent. All actors should bring a current headshot (or recent photo) and a one-page acting resume or list of theatre/performing experience. Please prepare a short contemporary monologue.
Winner of the 2001 Tony® Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play: Kirk Douglas played on Broadway as a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather in a prison. This, he learns, was a mistake. He clashes with the head nurse, a fierce opponent. Quickly, he takes over the yard and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years; he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk. He leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and chippies. For one offense, the head nurse has him submit to shock treatment. The party is too horrid for her and she forces him to submit to a final correction a frontal lobotomy.
“Cuckoo is captivating.” –?N.Y. Post.
“Scarifying and powerful.” –?N.Y. Times.
“Funny, touching, and exciting.” –?N.Y. Daily News.
“Brilliant. The stuff of great theatre.” –?WQR Radio
“Transforms the audience into one wild cheering section.” –?WNYC Radio.
“One of the finest, most meaningful and most moving play of recent times.” –?WPIX TV.
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