Second Wave of HAIR Cast Announced: Pearson, Remillard, Sharpe, Stockman and Wilson

Over consecutive days this week, the 26-member Broadway cast of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, will be announced by Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater.

Today's announcement confirms HAIR cast members: Brandon Pearson (Tribe), Paris Remillard (Tribe), Maya Sharpe (Tribe), Theo Stockman (Hubert, Tribe) and Tommar Wilson (Tribe), all of whom were in the Tribe in Central Park last summer and most of whom are making their Broadway debuts with this production.

In a statement, director Diane Paulus commented, "This is a very special cast. Their commitment to HAIR is extraordinary - onstage and off. They truly are a Tribe, full of love for each other, and for what the show stands for. I feel so lucky to be working with performers who are so incredibly talented and unbelievably passionate about their work."

As previously announced, the cast also includes Gavin Creel (Claude), Lauren Elder (Tribe), Allison Guinn (Tribe), Anthony Hollock (Tribe), John Moauro (Tribe) and Ato Blankson-Wood (Tribe).

Additional casting news will be announced tomorrow (Wednesday).

HAIR will begin preview performances on Friday, March 6, with Opening Night set for Tuesday, March 31, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street, New York City). Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, the producing team that helped bring the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening to Broadway, have joined forces with The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) - as co-lead producers - to present the upcoming Broadway production.

The $5.5 million production of HAIR will reunite most of the creative team of last summer's staging at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park: director Diane Paulus, set designer Scott Pask, costume designer Michael McDonald, sound designer Acme Sound Partners, and choreographer Karole Armitage. Kevin Adams has been signed to design the lighting for the Broadway production.

Recently cited on more than 25 10-BEST-OF-THE-YEAR THEATER lists, including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Newsday, Time Out New York, and TIME Magazine, HAIR features a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, and music by Galt MacDermot.

Tickets for HAIR (starting at $37.00) are available via Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.

 Brandon Pearson (Tribe)

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Hometown: Kansas City, MO

This is Brandon's Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: Hair (NYSF), Tours/Regional: Rent, Hair, Once on this Island, Joseph and the Amazing..., Miss Evers' Boys. Film: The Darker Side of Romance.

Paris Remillard (Tribe)

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Hometown: Joplin, MO

This is Paris's Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: Hair, The Public Theater; Regional: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander), The Shakespeare Theatre; Anthony and Cleopatra (Eros), The Guthrie Theater; Hair (Tribe) 5th Avenue Theatre; Much Ado About Nothing(Claudio); Hamlet (Guildenstern); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph); Forever Plaid (Frankie); My Fair Lady (Freddy); Comedy Sports. Film/TV: Good Morning Baby, "CSI: Miami." 

Maya Sharpe (Tribe)

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Hometown: Amherst, MA

This is Maya's Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: Hair (Public Theatre) International tours: Hair (Shelia U/S) Regional: Children of Eden (Eve), Runaways (Mocha) Readings: Last Goodbye (Juliet). Mère et mon père. We must forgive others as much as we forgive ourselves.

Theo Stockman (Tribe)

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Hometown: Boston, MA

This is Theo's Broadway debut! Off-broadway: Hair (Public Theatre). NYC: Disney's Peter and the Starcatchers (Roger Rees & Alex Timbers, dirs.), Claude in Theatre Mitu's Hair at the Skirball Center, The Bacchae (Best Actor, 2007 International Theatre Festival in Poland), work at La MaMa E.T.C. and P.S. 122. Regional: The Fairy Garden (Williamstown). Training: NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, British American Drama Academy (London). TV: "Cupid," "30 Rock." 

Tommar Wilson (Tribe)

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Hometown: Topeka, KS

Broadway: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Music Man, Hairspray, Never Gonna Dance, Lestat, and national tours of Mamma Mia!, and Ragtime. He's also been honored to perform with The Alliance Theater, Actors Theater of Louisville, Trinity Rep., Playwright's Horizons, Papermill Playhouse, the MUNY and The Vineyard Theater among others. Also an aspiring writer and director. Graduate of The Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. www.tommarwilson.com