HAiR - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
Music by Galt Mac Dermot

Originally Produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival Theatre
Produced for the Broadway stage by Michael Butler
Directed by Tom O’Horgan
Choreographed by Julie Arenal

For Landmark Musical Theatre:
Directed by Jon Rosen
Choreographed by Elizabeth Rislove Etler
Music and Vocal Direction by Christopher Hewitt
Produced by Jon Rosen and Landmark Musical Theatre
Presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals

LET THE SUN SHINE IN!

Landmark Musical Theatre celebrates the 55th Anniversary of the classic love-rock musical which single-handedly started the new genre of Broadway musicals, HAiR.

For individual character information, please click here.

In-person Auditions:
Thursday, February 2, 2023 (7 PM - 10 PM)
Saturday, February 4, 2023 (10 AM - 4 PM)

Video Auditions:
Submission by Sunday, Februrary 5, 2023 (5 PM)

Callbacks:
Monday, February 6, 2023 (7 PM - 11 PM)

Principal Rehearsals:
March 13, 2023 - April 20, 2023 (Sunday 6-11 PM, Mon-Thu 7-11 PM)

Tech Week Rehearsals:
April 22 - 28, 2023

Public Performances:
April 29, 2023 - June 11, 2023 (Thu/Fri/Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 2:30 PM, with possible additional Saturday matinees and Wednesday evenings to be added)

LANDMARK MUSICAL THEATRE
533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102

The theatre is conveniently located in downtown San Francisco on Sutter Street near Union Square between Powell and Mason. It is very close to parking (Stockton-Sutter Garage) and public transit (four blocks from the Powell Street Muni/BART station).

We are sorry but due to the subject matter of this show, there are no roles for any actor under the age of 18. You must be 18 as of the date of the first rehearsal. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Initial auditions are being held by registration only on Thursday, February 2th from 7 PM to 10 PM and Saturday, February 4th from 10 AM to 4 PM. You must either:

• Book a single one-hour in-person audition slot on either day; or

• Submit a video audition for consideration.

Whether you plan to audition in person (recommended) or by video, please register by clicking here or clicking the red button at the top or bottom of this page.

All registrants must upload a resume in .pdf format and a headshot in .jpg or .png format. Registrants submitting a video audition must also supply a link (full URL) to a video audition hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, a personal website, etc. See sections below for details on submitting resumes, headshots and video auditions.

Please submit your resume as a .pdf file ONLY. We can not easily convert most word processing files so please convert your file to a .pdf yourself. This is typically easy to do in most software by printing the page(s) and selecting a .pdf output file from the print menu. Virtually all word processing programs today offer this option.

IMPORTANT! If at all possible, please include your full name and the word “resume” in the filename of your resume. You may also include the name or part of the name of the show.

Example: lisa-smith-resume-hair.pdf

Please submit your headshot as a color .jpg or .png file. If at all possible, format the headshot so that it is 800 pixels wide by 1000 pixels high (4:5 aspect ratio). If you submit your headshot in a different size or aspect ratio, we will need to reformat it and this may alter the way your headshot looks.

IMPORTANT! If at all possible, please include your full name and the word “headshot” in the filename of your resume. You may also include the name or part of the name of the show.

Example: lisa-smith-headshot-hair.jpg

If you are auditioning by video, you must supply a link (full URL) to an audition video hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, a personal website, etc. This video should be between 2 and 3 minutes long. The video may be recorded on any video camera including a cellphone.

Video auditions should consist of:

• A "slate" introducing yourself (full name please) and stating what song you will be singing for your audition

• A short song selection (32-64 bars) in the style of one of the songs from HAiR (but preferably NOT from the show); you may sing a cappella if you wish, but accompaniment of some kind is greatly preferred. If you do not have an accompanist, you can use a karaoke track which can be found on various sound and video websites such as YouTube.

• A dance audition using the steps shown in the illustrative dance video which can be found by clicking here.

It is NOT necessary that your audition video be "professionally" recorded. We are interested in the quality of your performance, not the quality of your camera and sound equipment.

If you are reserving a one-hour audition slot for an in-person audition, please come prepared to be here for the entire hour and to:

• Sing 32-64 bars of a song of your choice in the style of songs from the show HAiR (but preferably not a song from the show). Please bring sheet music in your key. We will provide an accompanist. If you do not have sheet music, you may bring an .mp3 karaoke track (i.e., no vocals), but auditioning with sheet music is strongly preferred. Your track can be supplied on a USB “stick” or emailed to auditions@landmarkmusicals.com. A cappella auditions (singing without backing music) are highly discouraged.

• Learn a short dance routine which will be taught at the auditions by our choreographer. Come prepared to dance with appropriate clothing and shoes. There are changing rooms you can use at the theater. The routine is the same as the one for the audition video. You can familiarize yourself with it in advance by viewing it here.

Callbacks will be held on Monday, February 6th, from 7 PM to 11 PM. Please be sure to answer the question in the registration form whether or not you are available for callbacks. If you are not available, we may still wish to consider you based solely on your audition, so please consider registering even if you are not available for callbacks.

Callbacks will consist of:

• Script selections from the libretto of HAiR

• Song selections (solo and ensemble) from the score of HAiR

Scripts and sheet music material for callbacks will be available in .pdf form. Music selections will also be available in .mp3 format. Song selections will be available in printable sheet music form (.pdf) as well as .mp3 audio tracks.

All callback material will be available by clicking here.

Rehearsals prior to tech week will be scheduled Sunday-Thursday between 7 PM and 11 PM, but typically only three hours, exact times to be determined based on actor and staff conflicts. You will almost certainly NOT be called for all rehearsals (the specific schedule will be worked out after conflicts of all actors who are cast are considered), but you should expect to be available for at least 75% or more of those dates.

Tech week rehearsals may be long. Typically Saturday and/or Sunday run long (up to 9 hours) and lunch or dinner is provided by Landmark. Monday through Friday of tech week can run from 6 PM through midnight (although we try hard to not run that long). Please be prepared, particularly with transportation, to have late nights during tech week.

We always do our best to accommodate conflicts. Please fill out the conflicts section on the registration page as completely as possible. We can be somewhat flexible with General Rehearsal conflicts, but please understand that conflicts during Tech Week or Performances will almost certainly make it difficult to cast you in a significant role. However, please feel free to submit even if you have some conflicts, and make sure your conflict calendar is accurate. We will consider you if at all possible.

Actors of all ethnicities, genders, abilities, body types and orientations are encouraged to register and audition, and will be considered for all roles. Landmark now engages a diversity consultant at our auditions to help the directing staff make the best decisions possible regarding diversity, equity and inclusion.

The company will monitor County and City of San Francisco health requirements, as well as CDC and State of California guidelines, and will adapt as necessary during this time of ongoing change. Current requirements include:

• Full Covid-19 vaccination and eligible boosting is mandatory for all actors and staff (proof of vaccination is required at your first in-person callback or rehearsal unless such proof has already been registered at a previous audition).

• Masks are recommended at all times in the theater except while actually auditioning, rehearsing or performing. This is intended to increase the safety of all performers.

• Social distancing is highly encouraged.

• Antigen testing, when considered necessary and appropriate, will be conducted at the company's expense.

Please read the detailed Landmark safety requirements which can be found here.

This production will operate under a "volunteer + expense stipend" plan for all adult performers.

Cast members must sign a Volunteer agreement for the production period including rehearsals and performances. There are three elements of compensation:

• A $500 expense reimbursement which will be paid on the final day of performances. This is for rehearsals ($100) and 20 performances ($20/performance). If additional performances are scheduled, there will be an additional $20/performance added for each additional performance.

• Participation in an actors' bonus pool of 20% of ticket sales exceeding $50,000 (an estimated budgetary break-even point) to be split between all actors on a pro-rata basis. If any bonus is available, it will be paid within two weeks of the final date of performances.

• A five percent (5%) commission on all tickets sold using the actor's personal promotion code. Any commissions owed will be paid within two weeks of the final day of performances.

We are sorry but there are no Equity contracts available for this production. As an occasional AEA contracting organization, we are prohibited from employing any AEA members in our productions which are not covered by an AEA contract. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Please be aware that the musical HAiR traditionally includes at least one nude scene in which the actors may be requested to perform either partially or fully without clothing for a very brief period of time (typically not more than 30-60 seconds). Participation in the scene is not mandatory to be cast in the show, but we do ask that you answer the question whether you would consider participating as part of your registration. We will employ an intimacy consultant/choreographer to help everyone in the tribe to find their own personal boundaries and to enable everyone to maintain those boundaries during rehearsals and performances.

If you would like more information about various other productions with the nude scene (including some video footage) here is a link to “The Broadway Maven” (David Benkof) discussing the scene. As he notes, the purpose of the scene was to demonstrate freedom of mind and body and had, for the most part, little or no erotic impact.