The Edge Theatre Company Set To Hold Auditions for BARE: A Pop Opera 9/3

The Edge Theatre Company will hold auditions for BARE: A Pop Opera on September 3, 2009 @ 6:00 PM and September 5, 2009 @ 2:00 PM at Winthrop University's Johnson Hall, Room 205. Those auditioning are to bring a prepared 2 minute monologue (doesn't matter if it is serious or comedic as long as it is realistic) and a song (at least 20 bars) to sing. An accompanist will be provided. Please no accapella. We are looking to cast 12 people ages 18 to 26 and 3 people 30 to 50. Please also be prepared to give a list of schedule conflicts if you have any.

BARE will be directed by Ben Pierce and Jimmy Chrismon. Production Dates are December 3-6, 2009.

BARE follows the tragic love story of Jason and Peter, two students at a Catholic boarding school, as they struggle with being homosexual adolescents under the pressures of modern society and religious institutions. The play follows the course of their clandestine love from their bitter attempts to reveal themselves to the world to the tragic final graduation scene where they have broken up, Jason has gotten a classmate pregnant and overdosed, and Peter is left to pick up the pieces. BARE tackles not only the theme of young homosexuality but also the gamut of problems plaguing our modern American youth. From body image to teen pregnancy, from drug culture to parental expectations, "Bare" lays them all out for scrutiny.

Please email directors Jimmy Chrismon @ jimmy@theedgetheatre.org or Ben Pierce @ pierceb2@winthrop.edu for more information. Visit www.theedgetheatre.org for more information about upcoming productions and The Edge.