The Midvale Main Street Theater, (formerly the Comedy Circuit), will hold open auditions for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman, from the novel by Ken Kesley, and directed by Mike Hardy.

Auditions are Aug. 18th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the theater, 7711 South Main Street, Midvale, UT.

Call Backs will be held August 20, at 6:00 p.m.

All actors will cold read from the script. In addition, please have a brief contemporary monologue prepared. Rehearsals will be three to four evenings a week and Saturday afternoons. Show runs Nov. 11th - Nov. 24th, 2010. There is no pay.

For more information, go to http://www.midvalemainstreettheatre.com/Auditions.html or contact Mike Hardy at 801-498-0205.

ROLES AVAILABLE ARE;

RANDLE PATRICK MC MURPHY: shaggy, long side burns. A devilish grin and a face battered and scarred across nose and cheekbone. red neck -biker attitude –bull in a china shop. lazy, lecherous, and a con man. born leader.
LEAD ROLE. 30'S -UP

CHIEF BROMDEN: Huge, bull muscled Indian who stands six and a half feet tall, but carries himself like a small man that the system has struck down. mute to his fellow inmates and ward staff. Monologues exhibit a wise and sensitive, spiritual man. the heart of the show.
LEAD ROLE. 30'S -UP

NURSE RATCHED: a handsome woman, her age is hard to tell. a stern, all business, perfectionist who smiles for the patients in a professional therapeutic manner. she expects her world to be just so and will do all it takes to keep it standardized. Nemesis to Mc Murphy. LEAD ROLE. 30'S UP

DALE HARDING: the head man until R.P. enters the scene. intelligent, well spoken, somewhat flamboyant. One wonders why he is in the mental institution, until the nurse unravels his insecurities in group meetings. Wears his robe like a uniform. Rival and friend to Mc Murphy. LEAD ROLE. 30'S UP

BILLY BIBBITT: a child man. a frightened rabbit in a den of wolves. a soul tortured by a domineering mother and low self esteem, affected with a terrible stammer and the desire to be one of the boys. An immediate worshiper of RP. LEAD ROLE. 20'S -UP.

SCANLON: balding, determined, and mostly quiet in his routine of assembling his imaginary bomb and feeding his paranoia delusions. SUPPORT ROLE. 50's

CHARLES CHESWICK: short, chubby, crew -cut hair style. His manner alternately truculent and cringing. Sarcasm and criticism are a normal diet in his speech. 30's / UP

MARTINI : impish, agreeable, easy to laugh, and completely delusional. He is prone to buddying with imaginary friends. He has a lot of heart and wants badly to please and to end his nightmare. 30's /UP.

DR SPIVEY: the administrative piece in the puzzle. A tired, unimaginative, worker bee for the state hospital. A man dying to experience life in a grander scale but confined to a desk and rules, who sees RP as a bold experiment, a breath of fresh air. 40's/ UP

RUCKLY: a seriously damaged man. Chronic mental patient. he requires constant care full time and does not speak except for a bark of obscenity he uses to comment with. He is forever in a Christ-like pose against a wall and through misty eyes he surveys his fellow sheep. AGE OPEN

NURSE FLYNN: a mousey, high strung, proper and professional novice in over her head. Attractive and yet non sexual ,non threatening lackey for the big nurse. 20's UP

CANDY: RP's good time girl from the outside. a hot, sexy, free spirit of the era. A kind and extroverted young woman looking for the next big adventure. Her best friend, Sandy, bar hops with her and she is loyal to R.P. She changes Billy's life. 20's/UP

SANDY: Candy's partner in crime. A party girl to end all party girls. That one that everyone talks about the next day. Bottle in hand at every occasion and first to dance. Unlucky in love. 20's /UP

AIDE WARREN: a strong, bullying, in charge worker bee to the big nurse. He loves a good b.s. session with co- worker Williams, and harassing deaf and dumb Bromden. 20's/UP

AIDE WILLIAMS: not as sadistic perhaps as his fellow aide, but eager to push people around under the radar of the rules. 20's/UP

TURKLE: part night watchman, part janitor, all boob. A good ol'boy just trying to skate by with as little effort as possible. Smells a kindred soul in R.P. 30's/UP

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Auditions for Hairspray are on August 18, 2010 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Midvale Main Street Theatre. 

Be prepared to sing 18 bars of memorized music (CD player is available), to perform a 1 minute memorized monologue, and to learn a short dance while you are at the theatre.

This is a good sized cast with lots of great roles! Bring a head-shot photo and be prepared to fill out a short bio (or bring one with you). For more info:  http://www.midvaletheatre.com

Call Backs for Hairspray will be August 19, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

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