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Bare: A Pop Opera

Bare: A Pop Opera
Bare a Pop Opera Off Broadway Poster.JPG
Off-Broadway promotional poster
Music Damon Intrabartolo
Lyrics Jon Hartmere
Book Jon Hartmere
Damon Intrabartolo
Productions 2000 Los Angeles
2004 Off-Broadway
2008 Houston
2008 Seattle
2008 Indianapolis
2009 Denver
2009 Toronto
2010 Sydney
2011 Minneapolis
2011 St. Louis
2011 Albany
2012 Manila
2012 Liverpool
2012 Belgium
2013 Off-West End
2013 Los Angeles revival
2014 Barcelona
2014 San Diego
2015 Cardiff
2015 Medicine Hat
2016 Cork
2016 Buenos Aires
2016 Chicago
2016 Sydney revival
bare the musical
Bare-poster.jpg
Off-Broadway promotional poster
Music Damon Intrabartolo
Lynne Shankel (additional music)
Lyrics Jon Hartmere
Book Jon Hartmere
Productions 2012 Off-Broadway
2016 Seoul

Bare, also known as Bare: A Pop Opera, is a rock musical with a book by Jon Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo, lyrics by Hartmere and music by Intrabartolo. The story focuses on two gay high school students and their struggles at their private Catholic boarding school.

The musical debuted at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles, California, running from October 2000 to 25 February 2001. The New York production of Bare at the American Theatre of Actors Off-Broadway, ran from 19 April to 27 May 2004. The Los Angeles and New York productions were both directed by Kristin Hanggi.

Bare had its Canadian premiere in the summer of 2009 at the Hart House Theatre, Toronto, produced by WatersEdge Productions Inc. bare had its Sydney premiere in September 2010 at the New Theatre, as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival.

Bare had also been produced in the Philippines by the Ateneo de Manila University in 2009, with the initial run hosted by the undergraduate musical theatre organisation Blue Repertory.

A new production of the original version has been produced again in Los Angeles, this time at the Hayworth Theatre. It opened on September 6, 2013, produced by Topher Rhys and Jamie Lee Barnard for glory|struck Productions, directed by Calvin Remsberg, choreographed by Jen Oundjian with musical direction by Elmo Zapp.

On 20 June 2015, Bare had its Welsh premiere in Cardiff, Wales, at the YMCA Cardiff Theatre by Penny Productions, directed by Jay Coleman with musical direction by Connor Fogel. This amateur production starred Glen Jordan as Peter, Scott Jenkins as Jason, Emily John as Ivy, Alice Urrutia as Nadia, Alex Reynolds as Sister Chantelle and Phil Paisey as the Priest.

On 18 February 2016, Bare made its Irish debut in Cork at the C.I.T Cork School of Music.

The musical opens at a Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany in St Cecilia's Boarding School. Peter, an altar boy, is dozing off and having a nightmare in which he is outed and condemned by everyone ("Epiphany"). After Mass, Peter encounters Jason, St Cecilia's resident golden boy who is also his roommate and secret lover; Jason tries to assure Peter about their secret relationship ("You & I"). Peter asks Jason to audition for Romeo and Juliet, but Jason initially refuses. Alone, Peter reflects on his angst about his relationship with Jason ("Role of a Lifetime").


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