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Wasserman, Dale
Dale Wasserman has served the theatre for over 50 years. In earlier days he roamed America as a hobo, riding freight trains and thereby avoiding any formal education whatsoever.
At nineteen he gravitated into the theatre where he cut his teeth on every conceivable job - stage manager, lighting designer, director and producer among them. At age 33 he walked off the Broadway musical he was directing, abruptly deciding to become a writer.
Since then, he has produced a continuous body of work for the theatre, film and television. His MAN OF LA MANCHA was a multiple Tony-winner and among the longest-running Broadway musicals of all time.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, also a tony-winner, played to packed houses for 4 years in New York and 5 years in San Francisco leading, of course, to the famous film.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
| Year | 2006 | Venue(s) | Dibble Tree Theatre | Style | Full Length Plays | Director(s) | Cheape, David | Actors | Doherty, George|Doran, Jerrard|Gibson, Dick|Gilbride, Andy|Laing, Ali|McSkimming, John|Roach, Grant|Ruddell, Sam|Soutar, Dave|Strachan, Paul|Waggott, Peter|Wilson, Grant | Actresses | Brymer, Kim|Dey, Caroline|Doran, Carolyn|Wiseman, Steph | Playwright(s) | Wasserman, Dale |
| Photo Album | http://www.dibbletree.com/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=235 |
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is set in the day room of a state mental hospital. It deals with the change in status quo when an inmate of the local prison feigns insanity to escape the work farm. Randle P McMurphy's arrival on the ward has a dramatic effect on his fellow inmates and life on the ward will never be the same again.
David Cheape chose the above play, based on the best selling novel by Ken Kesey and perhaps best remembered as an iconic film of the 1970’s starring Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd and Louise Fletcher, as his 3rd production for CTC .
The original play premiered on Broadway in 1963 starring Gene Wilder and Kirk Douglas. It was revised from three to two acts in 1971 and ran for 1,025 performances, helping launch Danny DeVito into the public eye. In 2004 the play took the Edinburgh Festival and then the West End by storm starring Christian Slater, Mackenzie Crook and Frances Barber.
