Bare: A pop opera
Bare , also known as Bare: Eine Pop-Oper (English Bare: A Pop Opera ), is a rock-pop musical written by Jon Hartmere (text) and Damon Intrabartolo (music). The story focuses on two gay high school students and their problems at their Catholic boarding school .
Productions
The musical premiered at the Hudson Theater in Los Angeles , California, where it was played from October 2000 to February 25, 2001. The New York production of Bare at the American Theater of Actors on Off-Broadway ran from April 19 to May 27, 2004. Both the Los Angeles and New York productions were directed by Kristin Hanggi.
Bare had its Canadian premiere in the summer of 2009 at the Hart House Theater, Toronto and was produced by WatersEdge Productions Inc. Bare premiered in Sydney in September 2010 at the New Theater as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival.
Was also bare on the 2009 Philippines listed by the Ateneo de Manila University, where the first pass of the student musical theater organization Blue Repertory was organized.
A new production of the original version was staged again in Los Angeles, this time at the Hayworth Theater. It was released on September 6, 2013 and produced by Topher Rhys and Jamie Lee Barnard for glory | struck Production. Other participants were Calvin Remsberg (direction), Jen Oundjian (choreography) and Elmo Zapp (music).
Bare had its Welsh premiere in Cardiff on June 20, 2015 at the YMCA Cardiff Theater by Penny Productions, directed by Jay Coleman and the musical direction of Connor Fogel. In this amateur production, the leading roles were played by Glen Jordan as Peter, Scott Jenkins as Jason, Emily John as Ivy, Alice Urrutia as Nadia, Alex Reynolds as Heavenly Chantelle and Phil Paisey as the priest.
On February 18, 2016, the Irish premiere of Bare in Cork took place at the CIT Cork School of Music. The leading roles were Michael Greene as Jason, Conor o 'Boyle as Peter, Muirgean o' Mahony as Ivy, Tara Downes as Nadia and Luke Farell as Matt. The show garnered multiple AIMS nominations and the country's top musical theater awards, including awards for best male singer for Greene's portrayal of Jason, best musical direction for Michael Young, best ensemble, and best staging.
On July 6, 2017 Bare had its premiere in Brighton , an established LGBT address with the nickname "unofficial gay capital of the United Kingdom " ( "unofficial gay capital of the UK"). Produced by Brief Hiatus, this production was directed by Conor Baum and choreographed by Sarah-Leanne Humphreys and received great acclaim.
In Germany, Bare will celebrate its premiere with German texts on September 29, 2018 in Stegaurach near Bamberg . It is being performed by 'Die Künstlerwerkstatt eV', a theater and musical association that has existed since 2004 and which is celebrating its first German musical premiere with Bare . The last German production to date will take place in November 2018 in Darmstadt , performed by the musical choir of the student association "musische gruppe auerbach".
Overview
Act I.
On Epiphany , a mass is held at the St. Cecilia boarding school to greet the students who have returned from the Christmas holidays. Peter, an altar boy on this day, is overwhelmed by his tiredness during the sermon and falls into a nightmare in which he is outed as homosexual by his mother and classmates. (=> Epiphany) On the subsequent way to class, Peter meets his roommate and lover Jason, who tries to cope with Peter's displeasure with their secret relationship. Peter asks Jason to audition for the TheaterAG play " Romeo and Juliet " so that they can be together more often, but Jason refuses (=> You & I). Due to Jason's negative behavior and the girls' constant attempts to flirt, Peter asked questions about the love of the two. (=> Role of a lifetime)
At the audition on the same afternoon, to Peter's great surprise, Jason turns up, who, like Matt, one of the fellow students, is applying for the role of Romeo. Jason's twin sister Nadia speaks as Julia and is thus in competition with her former best friend and now unloved roommate Ivy. Sister Chantelle ultimately casts Jason and Ivy as Romeo and Juliet, Peter plays Mercutio, Matt the Tybalt and Nadia once again just the wet nurse . A cast that will come terrifyingly close to reality in some ways. (=> Auditions) Disappointed with the recurring results of the audition, Nadia expresses her displeasure with her brother that she always seems to be in second place in the family and with friends. (=> Plan Jane fat ass)
The reigning party stallion Lucas persuades his classmates to come to a rave and introduces them as a white substitute rapper to two drugs : K and Liquid X. (=> Wonderland) On the evening of the rave, Nadia decides to go home alone stay after seeing Ivy's outfit and Matt's reaction to it. (=> A quiet night at home) Ivy gives Matt unnecessary hope at the rave, while Peter dances closer and closer to Jason. When Peter wants a kiss in front of everyone, Jason pulls him outside. (=> Rolling) There they talk about the kind of their relationship, in which Peter wants more openness and Jason insists that the life together is continued in secret. Finally the two kiss, not in front of everyone, but - without their noticing it - watched by Matt. (=> Best kept secret)
The following morning, the heavily battered students gather for the most hated “school lesson” in St. Cecilia, confession . Peter would love to confess to the priest what he is feeling, and Matt is about to say what he saw that evening (=> Confession). During the break, Nadia jokes about Ivy's permissiveness, which leads Ivy to ponder the image she has with the students. (=> Portrait of a girl)
The small birthday party, with which Matt Ivy wanted to impress, is turned into a big party by Nadia. Unsuspectingly, Peter stuffs himself full of hash brownies and, like the drunk Ivy, begins to flirt freely with Jason. Jason sees in Ivy the chance to keep his facade to the outside and accepts it, whereupon Peter leaves the party. Ivy ignores Matt's advances to turn to Jason, and Matt leaves the party too. (=> Birthday, bitch!) Ivy wishes Jason a birthday kiss, which he hesitantly grants her. (=> One kiss) Matt and Peter find themselves in the church, where they ask God for answers. Peter, still high on the brownies, finally confesses his relationship with Jason in a whisper in Matt's ear, whereupon Matt quickly says goodbye. Alone again, Peter realizes what he has just done. (=> Are you there?) In his state, the Mother of God Mary appears to him - in the form of Sister Chantelle and accompanied by two angels - and rebukes him that it is now time to reveal his secret to his mother. (=> 911! Emergency!)
On the rehearsal the next day, a fight between Romeo and Tybalt develops into a scuffle between Jason and Matt, in which Matt insults Jason as a fag and then the rehearsal has to be interrupted suddenly. Peter then tells Jason about his "vision" and wishes Jason to accompany him to his home during the Easter holidays so that he can tell his mother about her love. (=> Reputation stain'd) This is too much for Jason and he breaks up with Peter. (=> Ever after) While the students are packing to spend the Easter holidays at home, Nadia sings a self-written, satirical ode to spring. (=> Spring) Ivy disappears from the shared room with Nadia and knocks at Jason's. She wants to apologize to Jason for messing with him at her party. When Jason pretends to have loved kissing her, she demands more. He gives in to Ivy's desire for and in (=> One) it becomes clear: Peter misses Jason, Matt longs for Ivy, Nadia vies for Matt's attention and Jason has sex with Ivy - in the hope that this is what he should do Has...
Act II
Peter dreams again: First of all, to make his relationship with Jason official with a glamorous gay wedding, until the dream turns into a nightmare in which Jason and Ivy are married to each other. (=> Wedding bells)
After the vacation it turns out that Peter's relationship with Jason has cooled noticeably. As usual, the ranking of the results of all students is announced and Jason has once again (unwillingly) surpassed Matt. (=> In the hallway) Ivy asks Jason why he didn't call her and assures him that she is truly in love for the first time. Jason realizes that Ivy describes exactly the feelings he has for Peter and cleanses her. (=> Touch my soul) Peter takes heart and calls his mother to finally reveal his secret to her. But she prevents him from saying it by constantly changing the subject and ultimately hanging up. (=> See me) But Claire knows exactly what he wanted to say to her and asks herself how she should deal with what is so utterly disturbing, yes a bloodcurdling "discovery" for her. (=> Warning)
Ivy stays away from rehearsals, apparently ill, and one day Peter steps in as Julia because the actual understudy still can't write their lines. When he dances with Jason, everything seems perfect for a moment. The spell is broken when suddenly Ivy shows up and Sister Chantelle then breaks off the rehearsal and explains to the students that they should continue rehearsing on their own from now on, since she is done with all this. (=> Pilgrim's hands) When the rehearsal is over, Peter is stopped by Sister Chantelle. She knows what is going on in him and explains to him that he is exactly as God wanted him to be. (=> God don't make no trash) After arriving in the shared room, Nadia wants to know from Ivy why she's skipping rehearsals. The two of them quarrel and Ivy confesses the real reason for their absence: She is pregnant with Jason. (=> All grown up) Ivy meets Jason in the auditorium, where he is rehearsing his farewell speech to tell him the news. Badly hit, he wonders if maybe this is what he wanted all along. Ivy implores that one day he might love her the way she loves him. At that moment, Matt reveals Jason and Peter's relationship. Peter appears, followed by Nadia and a heated debate ensues, which is heard by the entire theater group. (=> Promise)
Forsaken by everyone, Jason asks himself the question that has plagued him for years: Does God love me in spite of everything? (=> Once upon a time) In his confession he turns to the priest with exactly this question, begs for an answer and is ultimately condemned by him. (=> Cross) When the students are singing for the performance, Lucas distributes the drug orders for the premiere party. Jason pulls Peter aside to suggest that they just run away with him. Peter tells him they've run away long enough and Jason realizes that this is the end. Nadia is understanding towards Ivy and Matt apologizes to Peter for his wrongdoing. Shortly before the curtain goes up, Jason takes an overdose of Liquid X. (=> Two households) When everyone goes to their starting positions, Jason pulls Peter to tell him how much he loves him. They give each other one last kiss and the piece begins. (=> Bare) In the course of the performance, Jason becomes more and more dazed and finally begins to hallucinate when Mercutio gives his fantastic speech on Queen Mab, the midwife of the elves. The scene of the masked ball follows in which the players swap dance partners in a fort and Jason collapses when he reaches for Peter's hand. (=> Queen Mab) Jason dies in Peter's arms. (=> A glooming peace)
In the confessional, Peter confronts the priest with Jason's last confession and the lethal advice he gave him in it. The priest asks Peter for forgiveness, which he grants him. (=> Absolution) At the graduation ceremony Nadia, Ivy, Matt and Peter fight with the acceptance of Jason's death. They try to understand it and wonder if they could have prevented it. The graduates see more clearly than ever that after receiving their diplomas they will be released into a world that seems to contain more questions than answers. (=> No voice)
Bare: A Pop Opera
Musical numbers
Act I.
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Act II
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* Replaced with "Love, Dad" in the 2004 off-Broadway production.
album
An eleven-song CD with the New York line-up in 2004 was offered to all ticket buyers during the last performance of the Off-Broadway run. Bare's full studio album, produced by Deborah Lurie and Casey Stone, was released on October 30, 2007 as a 3-disc CD and DVD set. The album can a. can be bought on Amazon.com. The renewed upswing 2012-2013 will be released as a cast album.
Advocacy & Strength
Bare's popularity and strength stems from its honesty. It resonates with the audience by honestly addressing the common complexities of teenagers. It inspires youth by showing the ability to free oneself from religious, educational and familial institutions, which can force us to reassertion and lead us to hide behind a mask instead of letting us live a free and full life.
Bare is an important piece in the history of gay theater. It uses a community of both homosexual and straight people to show the naked, exposed ("bare") human problems that each individual faces, rather than putting sexuality at the forefront of problems. LGBT youth are three times more likely to commit suicide than their heterosexual peers, not because of their sexuality, but because of the harassment, discrimination, and stress they receive from the anti-gay stigma.
The producers took the already strong message to LGBTQ youth that the musical itself is conveying as an opportunity to partner with companies that support LGBTQ equality, including The Tyler Clementi Foundation, Athlete Ally, Human Rights Campaign and Faith in America .
They organized a series of TalkOUTs, discussion groups after the performances, each of which focused on one of the above-mentioned institutions. The TalkOUTs included representatives from the Matthew Shepard Foundation, the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), Empire State Pride Agenda, the Point Foundation and Rabbi Michael Mellen, a previous director of NFTY, along with the producers, the production team and the actors. The producers, the staging team and the actors also showed support for the NOH8 campaign.
Planned film adaptation
On January 2, 2018, it was announced that Kristin Hanggi, who had directed the original productions in Los Angeles and New York, wanted to turn the musical into a script and was planning to turn it into a film. Tony-nominated producers Hillary Butorac Weever and Janet Billig Rich ( Rock of Ages ) will produce the film. On the same day, fans of the old and new show were asked for one-minute self-recorded video testimonies of their personal experiences with the show and story. These recordings will be used as promotional material for the film. Nothing further about this production has been announced since August 2018, which is why many fans wonder whether there will still be a film.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Damon Intrabartolo-Jon Hartmere Pop Opera Bare Will Return to Los Angeles - Playbill.com. June 23, 2013, accessed September 21, 2018 .
- ^ Sorry Bristol, Brighton is probably the best city in the UK . In: Metro . March 25, 2014 ( metro.co.uk [accessed September 21, 2018]).
- ↑ Bare | . In: The Latest Brighton . July 7, 2017 ( thelatest.co.uk [accessed September 21, 2018]).
- ↑ Sussex Playwrights Reviews: Bare A Pop Opera | Sussex Playwrights. Retrieved September 21, 2018 (UK English).
- ↑ The artist workshop - BARE. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Bare | mga Darmstadt. Retrieved October 16, 2018 .
- ^ Bare: The Album - Creative. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Inside BARE by Scott Miller. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ etheme.com: Let Pride Be Your Guide: LGBTQ Musical Theater . In: NewMusicalTheatre . ( newmusicaltheatre.com [accessed September 21, 2018]).
- ↑ Inside BARE by Scott Miller. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Facts About Suicide - The Trevor Project . In: The Trevor Project . ( thetrevorproject.org [accessed September 21, 2018]).
- ^ Travis Wall, Judy Shepard, the Clementi Family and More Will Take Part in Post-Show TalkOUTs at Off-Broadway's Bare - Playbill.com. January 31, 2013, accessed September 21, 2018 .
- ^ Travis Wall, Judy Shepard, the Clementi Family and More Will Take Part in Post-Show TalkOUTs at Off-Broadway's Bare - Playbill.com. January 31, 2013, accessed September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Jodie Langel, Chris McCabe, Jacob Aaron Cullum Among Cast of Broward's Bare, Damon Intrabartolo-Jon Hartmere Pop Opera - Playbill.com. March 17, 2013, accessed September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ 20 Bomb Threats Targeting Jewish Schools, Centers Today Are Coordinated Attack Says Federal Law Enforcement - . February 27, 2017 ( thenewcivilrightsmovement.com [accessed September 21, 2018]).
- ^ Bare: A Pop Opera Film Adaptation in the Works | Playbill. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Home. Retrieved September 21, 2018 (American English).