Show dates are November 20, 21, 22 & 23
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30p.m.
Sunday at 3:00p.m.
Tickets $17.00-$22.00
The Crescent Theater
74 Main Street
Sussex Boro, N.J. 07461
*Content Warning-Adult language and themes
(Sexual conduct, rape, suicide)
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.
“Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.”