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# Bare Bard: Torn Out Theater’s Nude, All-Male ‘Hamlet’ At Prospect Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/bare-bard-torn-out-theaters-nude-all-male-hamlet-at-prospect-park/
- Published: 2017-07-18T17:18:07.000Z
- Updated: 2017-07-18T17:23:00.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Central Brooklyn, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, summer, Alice Mottola, Hamlet, music pagoda, Pitr Strait, prospect park, the tempest, Torn Out Theater, #wp

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Photo by Torn Out Theater via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TornOutTheater/photos/gm.206431556549369/1911670662451720/?type=3&theater)

After showcasing a [well-received](/theater-review-shakespeares-nude-tempest-in-prospect-park-as-gritty-pastoral-nsfw-parkslopestoop/), all-female, nude production of Shakespeare’s *The Tempest* in Prospect Park last summer, [Torn Out Theater](http://www.tornouttheater.org/?ref=bklyner.com) will present an all-male, nude [*Hamlet*](http://www.tornouttheater.org/hamlet/?ref=bklyner.com) in August.

While the mission of Torn Out’s production of *The Tempest* was to project body positivity and normalize the nude female form through themes of identity and liberation found in the play, *Hamlet* will “turn its eye to the fraught, complex world of male body image,” and question “how the male body is perceived in America today,” the theater company’s website states.

Founded by Pitr Strait and Alice Mottola in August 2016, [Torn Out Theater](http://www.tornouttheater.org/about/?ref=bklyner.com) produces projects that “push the boundaries of how we see the human body and what we assume about modern sexuality.”

The company takes classics and creates unique experiences for audiences—to raise questions about society and “navigate a culture where private and public blur together, where the shocking and common trade places, and where magic is real.”

Following Torn Out’s production of *The Tempest* last year, debates were sparked about nudity and society’s attitudes toward male and female bodies—inspiring Torn Out to give the guys a chance to bare all for the sake of art this summer.

**[*Hamlet*](http://www.tornouttheater.org/hamlet/?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**Presented by Torn Out Theater**  
**Prospect Park, [The Music Pagoda](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Music+Pagoda/@40.6619633,-73.9758589,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25b11bc14bf7b:0x494a38ed341ea923!8m2!3d40.6619593!4d-73.9670988?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**Thursday – Saturday, August 10, 11, 12 at 5:30pm**  
**Sunday, August 13 at 2pm**  
**Free**