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UMDDEPARTMENTOFTHEATRE | APR/MAY2021
PLAYBILL - UMD DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE | APR/MAY 2021
DEPARTMENTOFTHEATRE

bare
Book by Jon Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo
Music by Damon Intrabartolo
Lyrics by Jon Hartmere

April 29. 30 | 7:30 pm
May 1, 2 | 7:30 pm

Director......................................................... Thomas Jacobsen
Choreographer.............................................. Matthew Wagner
Music Director.............................................. Thomas Jacobsen
Scenic Designer ................................................ Stella Vatnsdal
Costume Designer..................................... Kaitlyn Mathiowetz
Hair/Makeup Designer.......................................... Rianna Ryan
Lighting Designer......................................................Lexie Cruz
Sound Designer................................................Ethan Hollinger
Properties Coordinator....................... Jennifer Kroon-Nelson
Technical Director................................................... Scott Boyle
Stage Manager..................................................... Emma Loney
Assistant Stage Manager......................................Abi Carlson
Dramaturg ..................................................... Emily Mattingley

BARE is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized
perfomance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide
1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036.
www.theatricalrights.com

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Cast                                                                                         Musical Numbers

Peter ....................................................................... Jake Nelson
Jason......................................................Christopher Hoffmann              Act I                 Act II
Ivy.......................................................................Jenessa Iverson    Epiphany              Wedding Bells
Nadia....................................................................Daylen Moore        You & I               Touch My Soul
Matt...........................................................................Nick Wright   Role Of A Lifetime    See Me
Lucas......................................................................Bryce Melton      Auditions             Warning
Tanya.......................................................................Mia Martinez     Plain Jane Fat Ass    Pilgrims’ Hands
Kyra.....................................................................Daysha Ramsey       Wonderland            God Don’t Make No Trash
Diane...........................................................Mackenzie Krueger            Quiet Night At Home   All Grown Up
Rory..........................................................................Jake Mathey    Rolling               Promise
Zack......................................................................Trevor Hendrix     Best Kept Secret      Once Upon A Time
Alan............................................................................Deryck Hak   Confession            Cross
Claire..................................................................Maddie Schafer       Portrait Of A Girl    Two Households
Sister Chantelle...................................................Mikayla Payne             Birthday Bitch        Bare
Priest.................................................................Patrick Timmons       One Kiss              Queen Mab
Ensemble.................................................................Emily Bolles        Are You There?        Glooming Peace
Ensemble..........................................................Camryn Buelow              911! Emergency        Absolution
Ensemble..............................................................Laura Carlson          Reputation Stain’d    No Voice
Ensemble........................................................Emily Chittenden             Ever After
Ensemble...........................................................Thressa Schultz           Spring
Ensemble...............................................................Kelly Solberg         One
Ensemble...............................................................Misha Suarez

Performed in MPAC, recorded and premiered via streaming
service BookTix Live in accordance with License and
Pandemic Restrictions.

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Director’s Note                    DEPARTMENTOFTHEATRE
                                                              Production crew
“Hear my voice…”
                                                              Staff Technical Director.........................Sean Dumm
“Did you really hear me?”                                     Master Carpenter.......................................Matt Lamers
                                                              Stagecraft Practicum Crew: Kaitlin Blomberg, Billy
“And you think you know me?”                                  Booth, Finn Jackson, Kaylee Hetchel, Finn Jackson, Kelly
                                                              Solberg, Misha Suarez, Emily Westcot
In the coming-of-age musical bare, the lines above are        Shift Crew................................................................Matt Lamers
sung by a group of high school seniors to invoke God          Shift Crew.........................................................Braden Kowalski
as they struggle with the grim reality of being a teen-       Scenic Design & Properties Faculty Advisor........Curt Phillips
ager in contemporary America. Sexuality, bullying, preg-      Costume Construction Crew: Alex Abdelwaheed, Mack-
nancy, drug use, body-shaming, and dealing with family        enzie Ammon, Mikela Anderson*, Kian Arnold, Billy Booth,
(both biological and chosen) are just some of the issues      Madison Froehle, Braden Kowalski, Bella Massa, Jake
at the core of this story. Musicals about the perils of ad-   Mathey, Kaitlyn Mathiowetz, Elyssa Munch, Andrew Nor-
olescence are hardly novel, but the aspect of the story       folk, Elsa Persson, Casper Pichotta*, Hunter Ramsden, Eric
that makes “bare” unique is its setting. Our characters all   Romero, Maddie Schafer*
have to navigate these issues while living in a Catholic      Assisstant Costume Designer..........................Jeannie Hurley
boarding school.                                              Assisstant Costume Designer.................................Sophia Huf
                                                              Dresser..............................................................Maddie Froehle
At its heart, “bare” is a story about acceptance. Accep-      Dresser.....................................................................Kian Arnold
tance of oneself, acceptance of one’s peers, and the
                                                              Dresser..................................................................Olivia Nelson
desire for acceptance from God. The pressures facing
                                                              Dresser........................................................MacKenzie Ammon
young people in today’s society are indeed overwhelm-
                                                              Wardrobe Supervisor......................................Casper Pichotta
ing. As they make the trek through adolescence, they
                                                              Makeup.............................................................Moriah Babinski
must figure out who they are, all while trying to not dis-
                                                              Costume/Makeup Practicum Faculty Advisor...Caitlin Quinn
appoint their parents, much less disappoint God. My
hope is that this production will spark a conversation        Costume Shop Supervisor.............................Laura Piotrowski
about the sometimes treacherous intersection of sexu-         Dramaturg Faculty Advisor......................Jenna Soleo-Shanks
ality and religion.                                           Dance Captain..................................................Camryn Buelow
                                                              Dance Captain.................................................Patrick Timmons
As we are reminded by Sister Chantelle, “Nobody has all       Fight Captain........................................Christopher Hoffmann
the answers. Remember the message well: if you hide           Assistant Lighting Designer..................................Drew Check
 from yourself, be someone else for someone else’s            Assistant Lighting Designer............................Andrew Norfolk
    sake, that would be the greatest mistake. God’s got       Master Electrician.............................................Rachel Johnson
      your back.”

5                                      Thomas Jacobsen                                                                                             6
DEPARTMENTOFTHEATRE
Lighting & Sound Crew: Abi Carlson, Ashley Gray, Ben
Knowlton, Camryn Buelow, Christopher Hoffman, Emily
Bolles, Greg Sorbo, Jeannie Hurley, Jennifer Kroon-Nelson,
Johanna Unden, Kaitlyn Mathiowetz, Laura Carlson, Terry
Johnson Jr, Thressa Schultz, Zachariah Sterner
Light Board Operator.................................Katie Kampfhenkel
Follow Spot Operator........................................Maddy Uecker
Follow Spot Operator.......................................Levi Schlimgen
Lighting/Sound Faculty Advisor.....................Ethan Hollinger
Audio Engineer...................................................Terry Johnson
Sound Board Operator................................Isabelle Hopewell

Video Editing.....................................................Dan Fitzpatrick
Front of House / Box Office Manager..............RaeAnn Jones
Marketing Director...........................................Sherise Morgan
Social Media Student Director................Katie Kampfhenkel*
Website Manager, Multimedia & Poster Designer.......Karley
Schoenberg

*UMD Department of Theatre is proud to recognize their
paid employees

Acknowledgements

Dawn Stevenson, UMD Disability Resources
Tiffany Quade, ITSS

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