The Clarence Brown Theatre will close its 2022/2023 Season with the Grammy and Tony-award winning “Hair,” April 19 – May 7.  UT Faculty/Staff receive 15% off ticket prices.  UT Students previews and Tuesday night performances for FREE and the rest of the performances for $5, excluding Opening Night. The production contains adult content.  Tickets are available on this website.

A celebration of life, a love letter to freedom, and a passionate cry for hope and change, “Hair” defined one generation and continues to inspire today. The first great rock musical, it has some of the most rousing and soulful songs ever written for the stage, including "Let the Sunshine In," "Good Morning Starshine," "Aquarius," and the infectious title song, "Hair."

The Pay What You Can performance, where patrons can name their own price, will be held Wednesday, April 19th. Behind the Scenes Sunday will take place Sunday, April 23rd after the 2:00 pm matinee.  A Talk Back will take place Sunday, April 30^th following the matinee. The Open Captioned performance is Sunday, May 7th at 2:00 pm.

The production is sponsored by Bob and Margie Parrott.  Foundation and grant support from: The Shubert Foundation, Inc, Arts & Culture Alliance, Knox County Tourism Consortium, Knox County Tennessee, The Department of the Treasury.  Media sponsors are Knoxville News Sentinel, WUOT, and WUTK.  Free and convenient parking is available in the Upper Parking of McClung Tower Garage (G2) on Volunteer Boulevard.

Casey Sams (Director and Choreographer) Casey teaches movement for actors, musical theatre, and serves as the Associate Chair for the Theatre department. She regularly directs and choreographs for the CBT, and has served as Intimacy Choreographer for the CBT, River and Rail Theatre Company, First Take Productions, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. She has had the great good fortune to work as a choreographer or director at such theaters as Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, PlayMakers Repertory Theatre, The Roundhouse Theatre, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Vermont Stage, The Utah Shakespearian Festival, Great River Shakespeare Festival, North Carolina Stage, and Knoxville Opera, among others. Her Undergraduate and Graduate degrees are from Penn State, she is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in New York, and she is a member of the inaugural class of Education Advocates with Theatrical Intimacy Educators.

Terry D. Alford (Music Director) is a Distinguished Lecturer in Theatre and teaches Musical Theatre Performance and Honor’s Introduction to the Theatre and Acting. Prior to joining the UT faculty Mr. Alford held the positions of Director of Musical Theatre at The University of Tulsa, and Director of Musical Theatre at The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. He has worked professionally as a performer, director, musical director, and composer at theaters across the country, including the California Theatre Center, Madison Repertory, Omaha Playhouse, Augusta Barn, Fireside Theatre, Light Opera of Oklahoma, and the Clarence Brown Theatre. Terry has directed or musically directed numerous productions and has created the scores for four original musicals and a variety of chamber and vocal music pieces. He is a member of the Clarence Brown Professional Company and regularly directs and musically directs for the Clarence Brown Theatre. Terry is the director of the CBT Summer Acting Workshop and serves as co-facilitator of Outreach and Education hosting Theatre Tours and Talk Backs.

The cast includes: Owen Squire Smith (Claude); Robert Parker Jenkins (Berger); Hogan Wayland (Woof); McKinley Merritt (Hud); Aleah Vassell (Dionne); Allison Bunch (Jeanie); Christine Sage (Sheila); Livi Fenech (Chrissy); Michael Najman (Margaret Mead); Emily Helton (Hubert); Abigail Schlichtmann (Tribe); J.D. Joiner (Tribe); Ethan Graham Roeder (Tribe); Presley Keith (Tribe);  Bo Choate (Tribe); Tyler Glover (Tribe); Jacob Leon (Tribe); Aliah Mahalati (Tribe); Alana Mara (Tribe); Malik Baines (Tribe); Brianna Rubens (Tribe); Devon Thompson (Tribe);  and Garrett Wright (Tribe). Understudies include:  Michael Najman; Livi French; Malik Baines, Abigail Schlichtmann; Presley Keith; Aliah Mahalati; Alana Mara; Ethan Graham Roeder; Bo Choate; J.D. Joiner; Merlin McCormick; and Garrett Wright.

The band includes: Stewart Cox (Trumpet); Tom Fox (Trumpet); Barry “Po” Hannah (Guitar); Greg Horne (Guitar); Sheryl Lawrence Howard (Reeds); Vince Ilagan (Bass); Don Lordo (Percussion); Dan Maxwell (Trombone); J Miller (Drums); and Dave Peeples (Bass).

The creative team for this production includes: Tracey Copeland Halter (Assistant Director/Cultural Consultant); DJ Pike (Scenic/Projections Designer), M.J. Hromek (Costume Designer); Alex Heder (Assistant Costume Designer); Kaylin Gess (Lighting Designer); Mitch Wilson (Assistant Lighting Designer); Joe Payne (Sound Designer); Allison Bucher (Assistant Sound Mixer); Amoirie Perteet (Assistant Sound Mixer); Michael Najman (Vocal/Text Coach); Gina M. DiSalvo (Dramaturg);  Patrick Lanczki (Stage Manager); Blake Julian (Assistant Stage Manager); Mayson Knipp (Assistant Stage Manager); Jackson Ahern (Assistant Stage Manager); and, Belle Holmes (Assistant Stage Manager).

With a dual mission to train the next generation of theatre artists and to provide top quality theatre, the Clarence Brown Theatre is a professional theater in residence at the University of Tennessee.  Under the leadership of CBT Producing Artistic Director and UT Theatre Department Head, Kenneth Martin, and Managing Director, Tom Cervone, the CBT season runs from August through May and features six productions ranging from musicals to drama.  

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