Variations Theatre Group to Present ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST at Chain Theatre

Variations Theatre Group will present Dale Wasserman's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, opening on April 10, 2015 at The Chain Theatre. A mordant, wickedly subversive parable, set in a mental ward, the play chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Nurse Ratched. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down. But McMurphy's revolution against Nurse Ratched and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST is based on the award winning novel by Ken Kesey of the same name, which also inspired the legendary film which garnered 5 Academy Awards. Under the direction of Greg Cicchino, the cast of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST will include: Victor Albaum (Flak House), Jacklyn Collier*, Michael Horowitz* (Water from the Moon), Mark A. Keeton* (Alligator Summer), Kyle Kirkpatrick, Alexandra Kopko (The Brothers), Steven Martin, Sean MacBride Murray, Maria Prudente*, Michael Selkirk* (King Lear), Doug Stone* (155 First Avenue), Paul Terkel, Lenny Thomas (What's in a Name), Constantin Tripes (Frankenstein vs. the Mummy) and featuring Leigh Anne West* as Nurse Ratched and Kirk Gostkowski (Hurlyburly, Leave Me Behind, The Shape of Things) as McMurphy. (*These actors are appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association) Production Design for ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST is by Aaron Gonzalez (John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown) and Christina Perry. Associate Direction by John Arthur Long.

The performance schedule for ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST will be Wednesday-Saturday evenings at 8pm with 2pm matinees on Saturdays and Sundays April 10 - April 25. Tickets are $18 and are available through www.VariationsTheatreGroup.com or by calling 866-811-4111. The Chain Theatre is located at 21-28 45th Road in Long Island City, just ten minutes from Times Square via the 7, E and M trains to Court Square Station.