"Naked--A Musical" by Germaine Shames

A troubled marriage. A burned-out artist finding her way back to wonder. The women of Manet and Renoir stepping out of their paintings to demand their real stories be told. Magic and mischief conspire to make the opening of a landmark exhibition a life-changing renaissance.

When a second-tier American art museum unexpectedly receives Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe on loan for a landmark exhibition, the curator’s wife learns a lesson in art history, l’amour, and the necessity of following one’s dreams.

"Naked" brings nineteenth-century Paris to the doorstep of a Midwestern museum and lays bare the hypocrisy of a patriarchal art world that disadvantages female artists while using female bodies for their own ends. With music, humor and love, NAKED reminds us that no woman should have to be naked to be notable.

Book by Germaine Shames, Music by Tareq Abuissa.