2026-2027 New Line Season Auditions
Roles and Vocal Ranges
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ZM (zombie musical)
BARNABAS YOUNG – Male, our hero, just 18, in-charge, good natured, works at Chicken Hutt. Tenor B-flat 2-B4. Strong Rock-Pop Sound. Sings 1st Tenor in Choral partsMERCY RIDER – Female, Barnabas's girlfriend, almost 18, quiet, shy, easily spooked, fast food worker. Mezzo with strong Mix. A3 to D5 Belt. Legit to A5. Should easily go from Folky to Pop Rock style. Sings 2nd Soprano in Choral Parts
LYDIA LIGHT – Female, Chicken Hutt’s Senior Consultant for Nutrition and Corporate Social Responsibility, 20s/30s, determined, fierce. Earthy Mezzo with strong Mix. A3-E5 Belt. Legit to A5. Sings Mezzo in Choral Parts
WILLIAM HUTT – Male, President (and public face) of Chicken Hutt, International, 60s, commanding. Leading man Bass-Baritone. B2-F4. Sings Baritone in Choral Parts.
BILLIE, JR. – Female, William Hutt's daughter and heir, about 9. Alto/Soprano B-flat 3-C#5. Sings Mezzo in Choral Parts.
HIPPY JOHN – Male, creepy yet strangely charismatic drifter, 30s. Rock-pop Tenor with strong character instincts. B2-B4. Sings 1st Tenor in Choral Parts.
HENRIETTA COOKE – Female, corporate chef for Silver State Foods, 40s. Legit Soprano to C#5. Sings 1st Soprano in Choral Parts.
ANNA COLE – Female, Mercy’s even shyer friend, about 17. Folk-Pop Mezzo. A3-E5. Sings Mezzo in Choral Parts.
SOLOMON DYER – Male, a zombie, Chicken Hutt worker, about 17. Tenor with dark sound. B2-A4. Sings 2nd tenor in choral parts.
JUNIUS HAMPTON – Male, Chicken Hutt's Chief Council, 40s. Comic Baritone. A2-G4. Sings Baritone in Choral Parts.
JULIA HEMPSTEAD – Female, Chicken Hutt's Head of Marketing, 40s. Comedic Mezzo with strong legit top. A3-A5. Sings 2nd soprano in choral parts.
ABRAHAM HUTT – Male, Chicken Hutt founder, William's granddad, 60s/70s. Gruff Comic Bari-Tenor B2-A4. Sings 2nd Tenor in Choral Parts
JACOB HUTT – Male, William Hutt's father, Billy's grandfather, 40s. Bari-Tenor B2-A4. Sings 2nd Tenor in Choral Parts.
URIAH HIGGINS – Male, Barnabas’s friend, about 17. Bass-Baritone. G2-G4. Sings Baritone in Choral Parts.
ENOCH BROWN – Male, Not really Barnabas’s friend, about 17. Bass-Baritone. G2-G4. Sings Baritone in Choral Parts.
ZOMBIES/OTHERS – Assorted people, both living and dead. Most of the cast will play multiple roles, including zombies.
HEROES & VILLAINS, a 2-night concert
12-16 female+ performers, all voice partsOF THEE I SING
JOHN WINTERGREEN – A cocky, charming, good-looking, magnetic young politician, running for President. (Originally played by the same actor who created the role of Billy Crocker in Anything Goes three years later.) Age 30s, Tenor 1 (easy G4)THROTTLEBOTTOM – A short, harmless little man, wistful in manner and expression, who’s also the Vice Presidential nominee. (Originally played by the same actor who created the role of Moonface Martin in Anything Goes three years later.) Age 40-55, Bass 1
MARY – A charmingly innocent young woman. Age 20-30, Soprano 1 (easy A5)
DIANA – Tall, stately, beautiful and haughty. Aged 20-30, Soprano 1 or 2 (easy G5)
FULTON – A florid man with gray hair, political operative. Age 40-60, Tenor 2/Bass 1. Also Supreme Court Justice
LIPPMAN – An alert, rather good-looking politician. Age 40-60, Tenor 2/Bass 1. Also French Ambassador, Supreme Court Justice
MISS GILHOOLEY – A political operative. Age 35-60, Soprano 2/Alto 1. Also Supreme Court Justice
LYONS – A medium-sized man with mustache and goatee, Senator from the South. Age 40-60, Tenor 2/Bass 1. Also Supreme Court Justice, French Ambassador
JONES – Tall, affable, white-haired and impressive, Senator from the West. Age 40-60, Tenor 2/Bass 1. Also Supreme Court Justice, Capital Tour Guide
JENKINS – Young, snappy. Age 25-35, Tenor 2. Also Supreme Court Justice, Senator from Massachusetts
MISS BENSON – Young White House aide. Age 20-30, Soprano 2. Also Beauty Pageant Contestant, Supreme Court Justice, Senate Clerk
MALE 1 – Hotel Waiter, Photographer, Supreme Court Chief Justice, Policeman, Reporter, French Soldier, Tenor 1
MALE 2 – Photographer, Convention Loudspeaker Voice, Supreme Court Justice, Reporter, French Soldier, Doctor, Bass 2
FEMALE 1 – Hotel Chambermaid, Beauty Pageant Contestant, Wrestling Match Attendant, Secretary, Reporter, Alto 1
FEMALE 2 – Beauty Pageant Contestant, Atlantic City “Girl,” Wrestler Vidnovich, 2nd Secretary, Reporter, Alto 1
FEMALE 3 – Beauty Pageant Contestant, Wrestler Yuoussevitch, 3rd Secretary, Reporter, “Scrub Woman,” Alto 2
HAIR
CLAUDE – The show’s protagonist and moral center, a smart, working class, conflicted hippie facing the decision whether to go to Vietnam or burn his draft card. Claude is the Superego to Berger as Id. Claude is compared more than once to Hamlet. (Rock Tenor, A2–F4)BERGER – The wild, amoral, id-driven tribe leader, irreverent, sarcastic, free-spirited, utterly without boundaries. Berger is Id personified, against Claude as Superego. Only together do Claude and Berger make one healthy man. (Rock Tenor, A2–B4) COSTUME NOTE: As the show opens, Berger is wearing only jeans with a loincloth over them; then early in the show, he takes off the jeans, so he's wearing only the loincloth for the rest of Act I.
SHEILA – An NYU student, upper-middle-class, activist, and the political conscience of the group. (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, G3–C5)
WOOF – The tribe shaman, an androgynous, gentle soul, who knows every natural drug on the planet. And he might on all of them. (Tenor/Baritone, D3–G4)
HUD – An aggressive, confrontational, proud, militant African American who loves to show off his body and to intimidate white people. (Baritone, B2–F4)
JEANIE – the tribe’s incredibly empathetic, pregnant “earth mother,” who studies astral projection and might just be psychic (Alto, G3–F4)
CRISSY – among the more innocent among the tribe, very childlike, very empathetic, very connected. She sings the sweet but funny song “Frank Mills.” (Mezzo-Soprano, A3–C5)
TOURIST COUPLE – two very square but curious tourists, played by two men, including one in drag who sings “My Conviction” (E4-A5, largely in falsetto).
THE TRIBE – Everyone is part of the Tribe. The Tribe is not a traditional chorus, but instead a community, very playful, very intense, very confrontational, very counterculture. They never leave the stage during the show. The tribe also plays many roles in the “skits” they present to the audience, including moms, dads, police, soldiers, and lots more. Hair is meant to feel very loose, very spontaneous, almost “dangerous” in a way, and never polished or “Broadway” at all. We do not want a trained singing sound.
● A NOTE ABOUT THE NUDITY – As HAIR is written,there is one 10-15-second moment of dimly-lit nudity at the end of the first act, under the final chord at the end of “Where Do I Go?” when the tribe sings “Freedom!” As it was in the original production, the nudity is TOTALLY OPTIONAL, full, partial, or not at all. This moment is not at all meant to be sexy or erotic; it’s meant to communicate freedom and escape from the unthinking rules of mainstream society. It connects directly to a foundational idea to the hippies – our bodies are not dirty or shameful; instead they should be celebrated.
● FYI, The cast of each production of Hair takes on the name of the Native American tribe that lived in that geographic area. The casts of Hair at New Line (in 2000, 2001, and 2008) are the Osage Tribe.