Hair Lets The Sunshine In At Santa Barbara High School

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Hair Lets The Sunshine In At Santa Barbara High School

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Students have been working for months to get the musical Hair just right. The show opened over the weekend at Santa Barbara High School. Hair tells the story of hippies living in New York and protesting the Vietnam War. Many of the songs became anti-war anthems. The cast is made up of 29 students including soon-to-graduate seniors. The band is made up of UCSB students, graduates and professional musicians. Hair is directed by Otto Layman who has been working with teens at the school for two decades. The show runs through the weekend Mother's Day May 8.

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HAIR

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HAIR

The split that divided the generation of the 1960s is one that transcends all eras-the massive contradiction of love against hate. While the youth of the ‘60s doused its spirits with love, many of their elders urged them to fight and kill in Vietnam. HAIR shows an era of revolution where values were redefined as children were sent by their parents to protect them (as in the song “I Got Life”), love for the community overwhelmed love for another individual (as in “Easy to Be Hard”), and duty challenged integrity. Now, with the decade of HAIR 40 years past, Santa Barbara High School has brought this beautiful representation of love, war, and hope back to life. 

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