Theatre Nudists
Group for those involved with theatre, amature or proffessional. Actors, directors, designers, ect
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Have you ever appeared on stage naked?
Return to DiscussionsThe closest I have come is when I had to go on for one of my actors in a production of Jeffrey I was directing. In one scene all I wore was a pair of men's bikini brief underwear and in another scen all I wore was a jock strap. I later directed a production of Love! Valour! compassion were almost every character appears naked at one time oranother in the show. I unfortunitly didn't have to go on for any of those actors.
Macnude-- Thanks for the update. "Grin and Bare It" was actually the revision of "Barely Proper" that played on Broadway(!). The original "Barely Properly" has been revised many times by many different people...sometimes updating it, shortening it, etc. I have a copy of the original play, as well a revision, but I'm always on the lookout for others. If you know someone who might still have a copy of "Grin and Bare It," I would love to get my hands on it....Thanks!
I had no idea that it was produced on Broadway. As to a copy of the old script, I doubt that one is available from my old group. I did one revision of my own. Never liked the line " No Leet ever funked anything." I switched it to "Frieda, what if it? what if I?" spoken while pointing at my crotch. I wrote her response as, "Just relax Derek, and I'm sure the problem won't come up." This never failed to bring down the house.
Yes, in Alan Ayckbourn's "Relatively Speaking," in Atlanta in 1976. The role of Greg, the juvenile protagonist, required me to be briefly nude at the top of the show. This was in dinner theatre, with the audience on all 4 sides of the stage!
When I was at University I was the Parson in Edward Bond's THE FOOL. He is stripped naked by a group of local people. Being set upon and stripped by a group of people was not pleasant - especially as they seemed to rather get it.
Once I was naked it was fine - not a problem being in front of an audience of peers naked.
The closest I have come is when I had to go on for one of my actors in a production of Jeffrey I was directing. In one scene all I wore was a pair of men's bikini brief underwear and in another scen all I wore was a jock strap. I later directed a production of Love! Valour! compassion were almost every character appears naked at one time oranother in the show. I unfortunitly didn't have to go on for any of those actors.
Since I'm a techie, not appeared "on" stage--but I have worked nude in the theater! Years ago, I painted an entire marble set for a review--turned up the heat and painted in the nude all night! And I got great press & an honorable mention for the design! (before there were awards in that region)
Now, I'm working in a theatre where I'm usually always nude working. As the Lighting Designer--I'm usually hanging the lights in the buff. It's cooler in the ceiling that way! This theatre is known for onstage nudity, so it's not that 'OMG' that I'm nude if someone walks in!
Next we're doing "Making Porn". It's about a straight & married hunk in San Fran (in the 80's) that starts doing gay porn to make ends meet. Then his wife finds out, and she's more into it than he is! Lots of Onstage Nudity! :-) We're doing the read-thru this week--I've told the producer that I'm there--but totally buck-naked. He said "sure"! (He's also in the show--and will be naked 1/2 the time. But since it's an Equity contract for the actors--I'll be the only naked one for the read-thru. Rules are rules!)
Not so much on stage as on film. Tonight I saw myself larger than life at the Leeds International Film Festival in front of a near capacity audience. The film is called Traveling Light and records NEWT 2014, when I and a lot of other nudists went hiking in the Austrian Alps. The film director/producer said afterwards that it will be shown at other film festivals.