Bare: A Pop Opera

Bare, also known as Bare: A Pop Opera and bare the musical, is a rock musical with a book by Jon Hartmere, Jr. 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 made its Houston debut at The Country Playhouse Black Box Productions June 6–21, 2008. bare had its Southwest Regional Premiere at Uptown Players in Dallas, Texas, in 2008, directed Cheryl Denson. 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 played at the Black Box Theater (also known as The Complex Performing Arts Center) in Putnam, Connecticut, from July 8–16, 2011.

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. The same group also hosted a revival run from 29 February to 10 March 2012 at Teatrino, Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan, Metro Manila. NUEMusic Theatre in York, UK staged the musical from 1 March to 3 March in 2012 inside a converted south hall chapel in York St John University. Bare had its Winnipeg premiere at the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival in July 2012 staged by The Musical Theatre Company. In September 2012, "Bare" had its Belgian premiere in CC Scharpoord in Knokke. The amateur musical group 'Milo Productions' played Bare for a short time and sold out 8 performances. It featured a Belgian cast of amateur musical actors.

The 2012 Off-Broadway production of bare previewed from November 19 through December 8 and opened on December 9, 2012 at New World Stages. The musical was

directed by Stafford Arima. "Bare" returned to Off-Broadway for a limited run in June 2013 at The York Theatre Company. This production is produced by Sponge Theatricals and Midtown Arts Common as a benefit for the LGBTQ youth homeless shelter, Trinity Place Shelter. This was the first production of the show in New York City since Bare: the musical played at New World Stages in 2012.

Bare: a pop opera had its regional premiere on July 26, 2013, in White Plains, New York, at the White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC). It featured a cast of Westchester and NYC actors, directed by Jeremy Quinn, with musical direction by Stephen Ferri. WPPAC co-produced the show with Harrison Summer Theater, a group founded by Ferri.

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.

The San Diego premiere of bare: A Pop Opera ran from July 12 to August 3, 2014, at Diversionary Theatre, directed by Noah Longton, choreography by Michael Mizerany, and music direction by Tony Houck. Starring Dylan Mulvaney as Peter, Charlie Gange as Jason, Katie Sapper as Ivy, Samantha Vesco as Nadia, Mitchell Connelly as Matt, Martin Ortiz as Lucas, Nadia Guevara as Tanya, Chris Bona as Zach, Alexandra Slade as Kyra, Gabi Leibowitz as Diane, Samantha Wynn Greenstone I as Rory, Christopher Ruetten as Alan, Kiani Nelson as Sister Chantelle, Rae Henderson as Claire, and Charles W. Patmon Jr. as the Priest.

On 20 June 2015, bare: A Pop Opera 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.