Overview
A group of high school seniors at a Catholic boarding school faces issues of sexuality and personal identity. As they struggle to come to terms with who they are, and who the world thinks they should be, they seek answers from their Church, their friends, and ultimately, from within themselves. Its rich, vibrant score draws on many styles of contemporary music.
Casting & Production
Casting
7 female and 8 male featured roles, plus an expandable chorus
JASON: handsome golden child of St. Cecilia’s senior class
PETER: introspective, Jason’s clandestine boyfriend
IVY: pretty, popular, insecure
NADIA: Jason’s pudgy, sardonic twin sister
MATT: studious, pious, Jason’s academic rival
LUCAS: The school’s fun-loving purveyor of altered reality
TANYA: Lucas’s girlfriend
KYRA: student, sexy
DIANE: student, very naive
RORY: student, sarcastic
ZACK: student, jock type
ALAN: student, nerdy
CLAIRE: Peter’s mother
SR. CHANTELLE: African-American nun, wise, no-nonsense
PRIEST: St. Cecilia’s headmaster
ADDITIONAL STUDENTS: three male, three female
Orchestral Information
8 Musicians
Keyboard 1-2, Flute, Cello, Guitar 1-2 (Electric and Acoustic for both books), Drum Set, Bass (Electric)
Credits
BARE
Book by JON HARTMERE and DAMON INTRABARTOLO Music by DAMON INTRABARTOLO Lyrics by JON HARTMERE
“bare” received its world premiere staging at the Hudson Mainstage Theater, Hollywood, California on October 14, 2000. Produced by God Help! Productions (Danny Feldman, Eric Anderson, Daniel A. Miles, Damon Intrabartolo & Kristin Hanggi), John Ottman & Donnie Land.
Directed by Kristin Hanggi. Original Los Angeles concert reading directed by Mischa Pfister in June, 1999.
Media
- Epiphany
- You and I
- Role of a Lifetime
- Auditions
- Plain Jane Fat Ass
- Wonderland
- A Quiet Night at Home
- Rolling
- Best Kept Secret
- Confession
- Portrait of a Girl
- Birthday, Bitch!
- One Kiss
- Are You There?
- Emergency/Mother Love
- Reputation Stain'd
- Ever After
- Spring
- One
- Wedding Bells
- In the Hallway
- Touch My Soul
- See Me
- Warning
- Pilgrim's Hands
- God Don't Make No Trash
- All Grown Up
- Promise
- Once Upon a Time
- Cross
- Two Households
- Bare
- Queen Mab
- A Glooming Peace
- Absolution
- No Voice
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