Creators & cast of BARE @ Ars Nova this Sunday!

Ars Nova presents an intimate discussion with the creators and crew of the hit rock-opera Bare. Guests include composer/co-librettist Damon Intrabartolo, director Kristin Hanggi, and cast members Michael Arden, Jenna Leigh Green, and Natalie Joy Johnson. The first in this season's series of TheaterMania talks with theater professionals, "Bare Facts" will be moderated by the website's editor in chief, Michael Portantiere. A question and answer period will follow the discussion. Sunday, September 12th at 6 PM at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street, just west of 10th Ave.).

Originally produced in Los Angeles in 2000, Bare had a highly successful Off-Off-Broadway run at the American Theatre of Actors this spring and is now poised to open Off-Broadway in one of the five theaters in the new Dodger Stages complex on West 50th Street. The pop opera concerns a group of seniors at a co-ed Catholic high school. "In struggling with coming of age and leaving adolescence," says composer Intrabartolo, "they explore all these ways of dealing with what comes next. They look to the church, their parents, rave culture, the media."

Ticket & Schedule Information

BARE FACTS: Sponsored by Theatermania.com performs Sunday, September 12th at 6 PM. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. To purchase, call SmartTix at 212-868-4444 or go to www.SmartTix.com. Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54th Street, just west of 10th Ave. Subway: C, E, to 50th Street, N, R, Q, W to 57th Street, or 1, 9 to Columbus Circle. Beer, wine and refreshments are available at the bar.

Ars Nova was built in the memory of Gabe Wiener to provide artists a space to develop and perform new works in an intimate audience setting. Ars Nova produces theater, comedy and music events, making premium live entertainment accessible to a New York audience at affordable prices. The venue offers a showcase for up-and-coming Broadway talent (Broadway Spotlight), a weekly reading series (Out Loud), a singer/songwriter series (Uncharted), a comedy series (Automatic Vaudeville) and in-house writers' workshops. For more information, visit www.arsnovanyc.com.