ST. LOU FRINGE - "BARE" GETS TRIPPY

Times change. They always do, including in schools and on the stage. Two more scenes from the musical Bare. The first was a dance party that I assume was not held under the auspices of the school. (The Jesuits and the Archdiocese of New York would never have tolerated such things when I was young). Boys dancing with boys! Girls dancing with girls! Occasionally girls dancing with boys! 

The second photo represents a dream one of the main characters had. It's the young man in the foreground in yesterday's post. He is conflicted by his desires and guilt. One of the nuns from the school appears as the Virgin Mary to comfort him and guide his decisions. She has two backup singer-dancer angels. The crowd went wild.              

ST. LOU FRINGE - BARE (1ST IMAGE)

Bare was a full-length, two act musical, a coming of age story about young people at a Catholic high school (oh, how I can relate) with themes of authority, rebellion, alienation, and a complex web of straight, bi and gay relationships. It was also the most difficult to shoot. There  was constant movement, a crowded stage with changes in color, and color LED stage lights are hell on cameras. 

I only got to see the first act, an hour and twenty minutes, because I had another show to get to. This is one of my favorite photos of the festival, two young men on the edge of a gay encounter, one full of confidence, the other full of longing, indecision and guilt. 

More to come.