HAIR Book and Lyrics bt Gerome Ragni & James Rado
The American tribal love-rock musical HAIR celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, longhaired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory. To an infectiously energetic rock beat, the show dazzles with songs like “Aquarius,” “Good Morning, Starshine,” “Hair,” “I Got Life,” and “Let The Sunshine In.” Exploring ideas of identity, community, global responsibility and peace, HAIR remains relevant as ever as it examines what it means to be a person in a changing world trying everyday to “Let the Sunshine In!”
Director: Toni Schaperjohn
Co-Music Directors: Griff DeVoy & Henry Maurer
Co-Choreographers: Madi Clark & Jaddyn Sage
Stage Manager: Erin Ivie
Intimacy Director: Jondi Soper
When:
Sunday, February 8th, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday, February 9th, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
-You only need to attend one night
*Possible callback on Tuesday, February 10th from 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Callbacks will be announces at the close of auditions on February 9th.
Where:
STAGEtwo@321
321 N Congress Ave
Evansville, IN 47715
Show Dates:
Friday, April 24th, 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 25th, 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 26th, 2:00 PM
Friday, May 1st, 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 2nd, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 3rd, 2:00 PM
Auditions will consist of singing from the show, a dance call (taught at auditions), and potential cold reads.
Singing selections will be available on the audition event no later than January 18th.
Because of the nature of the show, you may be asked to free-dance (like you could to music in your living room).
If listening to a soundtrack to prepare, please look stylistically at the original Broadway soundtrack as a reference. We are looking for unique rock, pop, and soul-style voices.
Characters:
Berger-irreverent, anti-establishment, free spirit and the Tribe’s most expressive member.
Vocal Range: Tenor (A2-B4)
Woof- An androgynous, gentle soul., loves plants, their family and the audience. Hung up on Mick Jagger.
Vocal Range: Tenor/High Baritone (D3-G4)
Hud- militant, black, male-presenting
Vocal Range: Baritone (B2-F4)
Claude- nominal leader and moral center of the Tribe
Vocal Range: Tenor (A2-F4)
Jeanie An idealistic, pregnant environmentalist (earth-mother) who is in love with Claude
Vocal Range: Alto (G3-F4)
Dionne- Ideally POC, vivacious, strong, free-thinking
Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano/Soprano (F4-F5)
Crissy - sweet and innocent. The youngest member of the Tribe. Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano/Soprano (A3-C5)
Sheila- An NYU student and antiwar protestor, hung up on Berger.
Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano/Alto (G3-C5)
Margaret Mead- featured, traditionally a drag-role but could be cast an any gender
Vocal Range: Tenor (A2-B4)
Hubert – featured Tribe member who at one point in the show, portrays a tourist w/Margaret Mead
Vocal Range: Baritone (B2-F4)
Ronny-any gender, featured Aquarius soloist
Vocal range: Baritone/Tenor/Alto/Mezzo, E3-A4
The Tribe (with names)/ Ensemble
All ethnicities, genders. All featured roles (either acting, singing, or dancing, or all three), the Tribe is a group of hippies living in New York City. They congregate in the East Village, where they hang out, plan protests, do drugs, and live out their free-loving,
free-thinking lifestyle. All care about each other as if they were members of a family.
Throughout the show, the Tribe plays a number of different featured roles including:
· 3 moms; 3 dads
· 3 high school principles
· 2 policemen
· Electric Blues quartet (“Oldsters”)
· White Girls Trio
· Black Boys Trio
· “The Supremes” Trio
· army sergeant
· A. Lincoln; J.W. Booth; C. Coolidge; Clark Gable; Scarlett O’Hara; Aretha Franklin; Colonel Custer; shoeshine boy
· 3 Buddhist monks; 1 thousand-old monk; 3 Catholic nuns
· …and more
Expected Rehearsal Schedule:
3 days a week scheduled within availability of actors. Please come to auditions with your availability from auditions through the show dates.
Intimacy, Content, and Age Requirements
Due to the age of this show, the characters in this show are on the binary and written with he/him or she/her pronouns. However, as we seek to be as inclusive as possible, we will ask gender non-conforming, gender queer, transgender and non-binary actors to list on the audition form the roles they most identify with. We also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities. Additionally, there is NO NUDITY in this version of HAIR. All intimacy, violence, topics of gender or race (including any language that would, by today’s standards be considered slurs) will be discussed and staged at the level of actor comfort. All ages will be considered for this production.
Event Venue
STAGEtwo at 321, 321 N Congress Ave, Evansville, IN 47715-2442, United States
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