Theater: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

When: Oct. 28-29, 8 p.m., Sun., Oct. 30, 2:30 p.m., Thu., Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 4-5, 8 p.m., Sun., Nov. 6, 2:30 p.m., Nov. 9-10, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 11-12, 8 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 13, 2:30 p.m. 2011

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Novelist Ken Kesey's past experience of working the graveyard shift as an orderly at a mental health facility is a contributing factor to the details in his best-selling novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. The book - turned into a film and stage play - tells the story of a new patient causing trouble in the asylum. Charlotteans have the chance to visit Theatre Charlotte's take on this dramatic (and at times downright funny) looney bin this week.

— Anita Overcash