Bare: A Pop Opera

Bare: A Pop Opera
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
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").