AMTC BARE AUDITION PACKET

American Music Theatre Conservatory is proud to announce open call auditions for
bare. The audition will take place on Wednesday July 13, 2016 from 7:00pm
10:00pm. All actors who wish to be considered must check in before 7:00pm and expect
to stay until at least 10:00pm.
AMTC auditions are held at 2549 Chino Hills Parkway, Chino Hills, CA 91709. Our
studio is located in the McDonalds shopping center next door to Leslies Pool Supply.
Auditioners must be at least 18 years old. Please bring an 8x10 color headshot with
resume stapled to the back. Please bring sheet music and come prepared to perform
a short vocal audition (32 bars). An accompanist will be provided. Although it is not a
requirement, auditioners are permitted to sing from the show. Taped music is not
permitted. There are no non-singing roles in bare. All actors cast in the show must be
comfortable being the only person on a vocal line. After the vocal audition, actors will be
asked to perform a cold read, as well as participate in a dance audition.
Rehearsals for bare will begin on July 22, 2016. Character specific rehearsal schedules
will be posted weekly. Rehearsals will generally be held on Fridays (7-11pm), Saturdays
(11am-4pm), Sundays (11am-4pm) and Mondays (7-11pm). There will be twenty
performances of bare September 125, 2016. Thursdays at 8pm. Fridays at 8pm.
Saturdays at 8pm. Sundays at 4pm.
The rate for the show is approximately $1,500 for an ensemble role, approximately
$1,750 for a supporting role, and approximately $2,000 for a leading role. This averages
to $10/hour, which will be paid bi-weekly based on actual attendance.
The director highly recommends that all actors read the synopsis of bare prior to
auditioning for the show. It is upsetting to see an actor audition for a character that they
are not suited for. Furthermore, the show is filled with objectionable content.
Homosexuality, adult content, and strong language are a few of the common objections to
bare.

CHARACTERS
Jason: (Lead): Male, 18-25
St. Cecilla's senior class golden boy; handsome, charming, popular jock with a sweet
side; Peter's secret boyfriend; Nadia's twin brother; closeted, questioning, scared; must be
able to believably play a high school senior; Peter's roommate and best friend.
Vocal Range: Pop Bari-Tenor Belt
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Peter: (Lead): Male, 18-25
Jason's clandestine boyfriend, roommate and best friend; introspective, sensitive, loyal
and kind - friend to all; must be able to believably play a high school senior. Vocal
Range: Pop Tenor Belt
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Ivy: (Lead) Female, 18-25
Pretty, popular girl who all others envy; can get any guy she wants without even trying;
inside is insecure, with a need to be loved; Nadia's roommate and arch rival; the object of
Matt's obsession; must be able to believably play a high school senior.
Vocal Range: Soprano Belt
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Nadia: (Supporting) Female, 18-25
Jason's twin sister, goth, emo overweight girl; rebel with sardonic, caustic wit; Ivy's
roommate and arch rival; must be able to believably play a high school senior.
Pop Soprano Belt.
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Matt: (Supporting) Male, 18-25
studious and pious academic and athletic rival to Jason; despite his best efforts, always
comes in second; obsessed with Ivy; must be able to believably play a high school senior.
Vocal Range: Tenor Belt
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Lucas: (Supporting) Male, 18-25
St. Cecillia's fun loving purveyor of altered reality, a dealer, rap skills a plus; comedic
bad boy of the group; must be able to believably play a high school senior.
Vocal Range: Baritone
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Sister Chantelle: (Supporting) Female, 35-60
Must exude sass and confidence. Needs to own the room every time she's in it. Does not
tolerate incompetence or failure. Expects the best from her students. At times she's very
crass, but she's also a nun. Must be comfortable riffing/vocal ad lib and gospel singing.
Vocal Range: Soprano

Ethnicity: African American

Claire: (Supporting) Female, 35-50
Peter's mother, loving, in denial of Peter's sexuality, wants to help and support him but
doesn't know how.
Vocal Range: Soprano
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Priest: (Supporting) Male, 35-60
St. Cecillia's headmaster, traditionalist, voice of authority, yet friendly and caring for his
students. Baritone.
Vocal Range: Baritone
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Tanya: (Supporting) Female, 18-25
Lucas's girlfriend, backup singer to Sister Chantelle; must be able to believably play a
high school senior.
Vocal Range: Soprano
Ethnicity: African American
Kyra: (Supporting) Female, 18-25
Sexy student, backup singer to Sister Chantelle; must be able to believably play a high
school senior.
Vocal Range: Alto
Ethnicity: African American
Diane: (Ensemble) Female, 18-25
Very naive, ever cheerful; must be able to believably play a high school senior. Alto.
Vocal Range: Alto
Ethnicity: Asian
Rory: (Ensemble) Female, 18-25
Sarcastic; must be able to believably play a high school senior.
Vocal Range: Soprano
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Zack: (Ensemble) Male, 18-25
Jock, not the brightest bulb; must be able to believably play a high school senior. Vocal
Range: Baritone
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Alan: (Ensemble) Male, 18-25
Nerdy student type; must be able to believably play a high school senior.
Vocal Range: Tenor
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities

SYNOPSIS
ACT I
Bare opens at a Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany in St Cecilia's Boarding School. Peter,
an altar boy, is dozing off and having a nightmare in which he is outed and condemned
by everyone ("Epiphany"). After Mass, Peter encounters Jason, St Cecilia's resident
golden boy who is also his roommate and secret lover; Jason tries to assure Peter about
their secret relationship ("You & I"). Peter asks Jason to audition for Romeo and Juliet,
but Jason initially refuses. Alone, Peter reflects on his angst about his relationship with
Jason ("Role of a Lifetime").
At "Auditions," drama teacher Sister Chantelle is dismayed by the lack of adept actors
until Jason shows up, to everyone's shock. He and Matt, another altar boy, battle for the
part of Romeo. In the end, Jason is cast as Romeo, Ivy (Peter and Jason's friend, whom
Matt is in love with) as Juliet, Peter as Mercutio, Matt as Tybalt, and Nadia (Jason's
overweight, sharp-tongued twin sister) as the Nurse. Jason attempts to console his sister,
who wanted to play Juliet ("Plain Jane Fat Ass"). Opening a belated birthday gift, the
siblings discover that Jason has been accepted into Notre Dame. The song was replaced
with "Love, Dad" in the 2004 Off-Broadway production.
Later, Matt attempts to plan a small surprise birthday for Ivy. Lucas, the school's party
boy, plans a trip to a rave, bringing along ecstasy and two other drugs (K and GHB)
("Wonderland"). Seeing a scantily-clad Ivy and its effect on Matt, Nadia decides to spend
"A Quiet Night at Home" and play her cello instead.
At the rave, Peter dances with Jason and Ivy with Matt ("Rolling"). Peter tries to kiss
Jason, who leads him outside. They argue over their secret relationship: Peter wants them
to come out and make their relationship known but Jason refuses because he's afraid to be
condemned and lose everything he has. Eventually, Peter and Jason kiss ("Best Kept
Secret"); however, Matt has seen everything.
The next morning, the students gather for "Confession." Matt and Peter nearly spill their
respective secrets to the priest, Matt about seeing the kiss and Peter about being gay. At
rehearsals, Sister Chantelle realises she has her work cut out for her. Nadia jokes about
Ivy's promiscuity, making the latter to consider the impression she has on the other
students ("Portrait of a Girl").
Matt's little get-together becomes a huge party, thanks to Nadia's hand in the planning
("Birthday, Bitch!"). Peter accidentally eats pot brownies and begins flirting with Jason.
A drunk Ivy does the same and Jason chooses her over Peter to save face, making Peter
storm off. Matt also leaves when Ivy ignores his advances. Ivy asks Jason to kiss her as a
birthday gift, and he reluctantly agrees ("One Kiss").
Matt leaves the party to sit alone with a bottle of wine, expressing his frustration while
Peter is nearby doing the same. They then drink together and comfort each other ("Are
You There?"). A drunk and high Peter then whispers to Matt the true nature of his

relationship with Jason. Matt heads to bed and Peter has a vision of a Sister Chantellelike Virgin Mary with angels, the Virgin telling him that he needs to come out to his
mother ("911! Emergency!").
At rehearsals, Romeo and Tybalt's fight scene becomes real as Matt abandons the script
and tackles Jason, calling him a faggot. They are separated by an angry Sister Chantelle
("Reputation Stain'd"). Peter tells Jason about his vision and asks him to come home with
him for Spring Break so he can come out. Jason panics, afraid of what his father might do
if he ever found out, and breaks up with Peter ("Ever After").
Later, Nadia sings a sardonic song she wrote about "Spring." Peter leaves for Spring
Break without a word to Jason, and Ivy shows up at Jason's dormitory room to apologise
for her actions on her birthday. Jason tells her it was cute, so Ivy goes in for more. Peter
and Matt pine for each of their loves, Nadia wishes to be noticed, while Jason sleeps with
Ivy, hoping it is the right thing to do ("One").
ACT II
The second act opens in the school chapel which is decorated elaborately for Peter and
Jason's wedding ("Wedding Bells"). The ceremony turns instead into Jason and Ivy's
wedding, as this is really Peter's nightmare. Later, class ranks are posted, and Jason has
achieved the valedictorian spot, once again besting Matt ("In the Hallway"). Ivy tells
Jason that he is her first true love even though she has been with other boys before
("Touch My Soul"). Jason, realising that what Ivy is talking about is the way he feels
about Peter, breaks up with her, leaving Ivy devastated.
Peter calls his mother Claire, to come out but she evades the point ("See Me"). Claire
hangs up, shaken and knowing what Peter wanted to say. Eventually her love for him is
stronger than her religion and she introspectively accepts him ("Warning").
Two weeks before the show, Ivy misses rehearsals again, claiming to be sick. Sister
Chantelle asks Ivy's inept understudy Diane to play Juliet. As Diane stumbles and forgets
her lines, Peter takes over, and for a moment, all is well as Peter dances with Jason
("Pilgrim's Hands") until Ivy appears at the last minute. Sister Chantelle cancels
rehearsals and Peter leaves. Ivy pulls Jason aside and tells him that she has something she
needs to tell him and he agrees to talk before the student-led rehearsals. After the other
students leave, Peter returns to pick up his things and Sister Chantelle tells Peter that she
knows what is bothering him and that he is just as God wants him to be ("God Don't
Make No Trash").
Nadia returns to her dormitory and argues with Ivy about missing rehearsals. She
assumes it was because Jason broke up with her, but Ivy reveals that she is carrying his
child ("All Grown Up"). Ivy finds Jason practising his valedictory address in the
auditorium, and says that she is pregnant and she still loves him. Matt comes in and
reveals to Ivy that the reason why Jason cannot love her is because he is still in love with
Peter. At that point, Peter and Nadia arrive, and Peter, Jason and Matt exchange heated
words. Peter admits he told Matt, and is not sorry for it. The rest of the cast, who were
waiting for rehearsals to begin, heard everything as they were waiting in the auditorium

("Promise"). Everyone leaves, leaving Peter and Jason alone. Jason begs Peter for help;
Peter says he tried and also leaves. Distraught, Jason reflects on his relationship with
Peter, and how even through his fear he knows that it is the only thing that will comfort
him ("Once Upon a Time"). Jason, having nowhere else to go, goes to the priest to ask if
God still loves him and can forgive him. The priest ultimately says that Jason will only be
fine if he denies his natural feelings ("Cross").
During rehearsal, Lucas passes out the drug orders and tells Jason that they're still cool.
Jason tells Peter that he talked to the priest about their relationship to show Peter that he
still cared ("Two Households"). Jason asks Peter to run away with him, but Peter refuses
to run and thus tells him it's over, as he's had his fill of hiding and running away. Jason,
thinking that means he's lost Peter for good, takes a lethal dose of GHB. As the school
play begins, Jason again pulls Peter aside telling him that he has always loved him since
they first met; Peter tells him he loves him too and if they part it's not goodbye. The
lovers kiss ("Bare").
During the show, Jason becomes increasingly disoriented, and while Peter is delivering
the "Queen Mab" speech, he loses his place and begins to hallucinate. During the masked
ball scene, he collapses and reaches for Peter, who holds him as he dies ("A Glooming
Peace"). Peter goes to Confession, intending to confront the priest about Jason's last visit.
Peter accuses the priest of failing to show Jason empathy, and when the priest merely
apologises for Peter's loss, Peter ironically forgives the priest ("Absolution").
At graduation, Peter, Matt, Ivy, and Nadia wonder whether or not they could have
prevented Jason's death and consider the role they played in it. The graduates all move
forward into a world that will yield more questions than answers ("No Voice").