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Kathy Missel

Kathy Missel

Community theatre director and retired broadcast professional in Streator, Illinois, longtime member of Engle Lane Theatre who directed its 2026 production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Sep 15, 2026

Q Hit Music - Shaw Local Radio

Q Hit Music - Shaw Local Radio

Eagle Lane's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Sep 15 · 16m

Day Jones
Day JonesHOST
1:33
now tell us a little bit about one flew over the cuckoo's nest when you hear the title of course your mind just starts to wonder but what exactly is the show about
Kathy Missel
Kathy MisselGUEST
1:43
The show is actually famous from the movie version that was, what? 1962.
Kathy Missel
Kathy MisselGUEST
1:51
1962, yeah.
Kathy Missel
Kathy MisselGUEST
1:51
So set 50 years ago, and everybody probably remembers the iconic role that Jack Nicholson played as the lead, R.P. McMurphy.
Kathy Missel
Kathy MisselGUEST
1:58
You're probably too young to remember that.
Kathy Missel
Kathy MisselGUEST
2:01
But the story is set in a mental institution in Oregon, and it examines how society treats people that we deem to be different.
Kathy Missel
Kathy MisselGUEST
2:12
Who determines what is normal and what isn't normal? And so there's a whole cast of characters that are patients of the ward.
Day Jones
Day JonesHOST
3:40
How were you able to relate to your characters, if you relate to them at all?

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