West Bay Community Theater will hold auditions for its August, 2022 production of HAIR - In Concert on Saturday, June 11 (12:00 -2pm) and Monday, June 13 (6:30 – 8:30pm).
Auditions will take place at:
The Lafayette Mill Complex
650 Ten Rod Rd, North Kingstown, RI 02852
(Enter from the rear parking lot of the mill complex
Backside of the building, right side of the tower.)
Signs will be posted
***All those auditioning must show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test result received within 24 hours of the audition. Masks must be worn at all times except when actively auditioning***
Appointments are preferred. Please book an audition time by emailing
info@wbctheater.org or calling (401) 372-7201. Those without appointments will be auditioned on a first-come, first-served basis.
To audition, please prepare a 32-bar cut of a song from HAIR, or in the style of the show. Please bring sheet music if the song is not from the show. Accompanist provided.
Auditioning for all principal voices and chorus. Anyone 16 and older welcome (show not suitable for children). This production is music-focused, with minimal staging in addition to multimedia support.
Production date: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 in Wickford, RI (NK Town Beach Bandshell)
Rehearsals start the week of Jun 20th.
About the show:
Book: James Rado & Gerome Ragni
Music: Galt MacDermot
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical follows a young group of hippies fighting the establishment, dodging the drafts, getting high, living and loving in New York City. It’s 1967: the Vietnam War raging and the Age of Aquarius is dawning. Claude, his best friend Berger, their roommate Sheila, and their Tribe of friends struggle to balance the demands of the harsh and violent world with their dream for a more beautiful and peaceful world. When Claude receives his draft notice, he must decide whether to join his friends in resisting the draft, or bow to the pressures of society and his conservative parents, thereby sacrificing his ideals and, possibly, his life.
Hair was a sensation when it premiered in 1967, as it brought the counterculture movement into the theatre and the national spotlight. The issues the show brings up - alienation, civil disobedience, youthful defiance -continue to timelessly resonate today.
WBCT’s production will focus on the music of the piece with minimal staging, aided by multimedia support.
Characters:
• George Berger- (Caucasian/Male) A true wild child & high school dropout who leads the Tribe with high energy and unpredictability. Sings Donna & Going Down (Tenor)
• Neil “Woof” Donovan- (Any Ethnicity/Male) A free spirit who loves everyone, but is especially hung on Mick Jagger. Sings Sodomy (Tenor/High Baritone)
• Hud- (African American/Male) A black militaristic young man who isn’t to speak his mind and tries to rise above hate. Sings Colored Spade & I’m Black/ Ain’t Got No (Baritone)
• Claude Hooper Bukowski-(Caucasian/Male) A young man who is conflicted with the Vietnam War Draft and the Hippie Counterculture. Sings Manchester, England, Where Do I Go? & The Flesh Failures (Tenor)
• Jeannie- (Any Ethnicity/Female) A incredibly passionate woman, who is pregnant and is hung on Claude. Sings Air (Alto)
• Dionne- (African American/Female) A vivacious, strong, free-thinking African American woman and is friends with Jeannie and Crissy. Sings White Boys & Aquarius (Mezzo Soprano/Soprano)
• Crissy- (Any Ethnicity/Female) A pure and innocent hippie girl who waits for a lost love. Sings Frank Mills (Mezzo Soprano/Soprano)
• Sheila Franklin- (Any Ethnicity/Female) A second semester student and passionate protester from NYU and fights to change society through peaceful protest. Sings I Believe in Love, Easy to be Hard & Good Morning Starshine (Mezzo Soprano/Alto)
• Margaret Mead- (Any Ethnicity/Male) A Tribe member who at one point in the show, portrays a female tourist named Margaret Mead with her husband, Hubert. Sings My Conviction. (Tenor)
About West Bay Community Theater:
West Bay Community Theater is a North Kingstown-based 501 (c) (3) arts organization founded in 2018 by former members of Academy Players and North Kingstown Players in order to re-establish a community theater in the West Bay region of Rhode Island. In May, 2022 WBCT successfully presented The Great American Trailer Park Musical and Hair -In Concert goes up on August 13, 2022. WBCT’s Annual Public meeting is Monday, June 20th. A future home base is in the works in the heart of Wickford Village at the site of the Old Library on 55 Brown Street.
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