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Hair Cast to Appear at Central Park Be-In on September 21

The cast of Hair
(© Michal Daniel)
The cast of Hair
(© Michal Daniel)

Cast members from The Public Theater’s just-closed revival of Hair, which is scheduled to reopen later this season on Broadway, will gather at Central Park’ s Flower Hill (near 69th Street) from 3pm to 7pm on Sunday, September 21 for a public Be-In to honor the International Day of Peace.

The cast will share flowers, stories, food and music in commemoration of the global holiday honoring peace and unity.

The production was directed by Diane Paulus and starred Christopher J. Hanke as Claude (who replaced original star Jonathan Groff), Will Swenson as Berger, Caryn Lyn-Manuel as Sheila, and Ato Blankson-Wood (Tribe), Steel Burkhardt (Tribe), Jackie Burns (Black Boys Trio/Tribe), Allison Case (Crissy), Lauren Elder (Tribe), Allison Guinn (Tribe), Anthony Hollock (Tribe), Kaitlin Kiyan (Tribe), Andrew Kober (Father/Margaret Mead), Megan Lawrence (Mother), Nicole Lewis (White Boys Trio / Tribe), Patina Miller (Dionne), John Moauro (Tribe), Darius Nichols (Hud), Brandon Pearson (Tribe), Megan Reinking (Black Boys Trio / Tribe), Paris Remillard (Tribe), Bryce Ryness (Woof), Saycon Sengbloh (White Boys Trio / Tribe), Maya Sharpe (Tribe), Kacie Sheik (Jeanie), Theo Stockman (Tribe), and Tommar Wilson (Tribe).