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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
By Dale Wasserman
Based on the novel by
Ken Kesey
Friday, June 27 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 28 at 7:30pm
Sunday, June 29 at 2pm
Thursday, July 3rd at 7:30pm
Saturday, July 5th at 7:30pm
Sunday, July 6th at 2pm
Performances at:
Stained Glass Theatre
802 York St.
Newport, KY 41071
Synopsis:
This stage adaptation of Ken Kesey's celebrated novel explores the brutality of life in a mental institution with humor, candor, and unforgettable characters.
After being convicted of a petty crime, a charming, rebellious rogue named McMurphy contrives to serve his short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than in a prison. This, he soon learns, was a mistake. He immediately clashes with the authoritarian head nurse, a fierce martinet named Nurse Ratched. Despite Ratched's strict reign, McMurphy quickly takes over the yard, leading others out of introversion, staging a revolt so that they can see the World Series on television, and arranging a rollicking midnight party with liquor and women. But McMurphy's brash insubordination has its consequences; Ratched ultimately triumphs by subjecting McMurphy to a frontal lobotomy.
SUGGESTED AGE RANGE: 12+CONTENT WARNING: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest contains content that features derogatory depictions of gender, race, sexuality and mental health
Urinetown
Music and lyrics by
Mark Hollmann
Book and lyrics by
Greg Kotis
Friday, July 11th at 7:30pm
Saturday, July 12th at 7:30pm
Sunday, July 13th at 2pm
Friday, July 18th at 7:30pm
Saturday, July 19th at 7:30pm
Sunday, July 20th at 2pm
Performances at:
Corbett Theatre
Northern Kentucky University 100 Nunn Dr.,
Highland Heights, KY 41076
Synopsis:
A hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest art forms.
In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the "comedic romp" into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.