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Sam Lewis

Mar 18
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A Message From Our Director

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Sam Lewis

Jan 2
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Listen Up announces college professor/former Blue Man as artistic director!

"We are thrilled that Isaac Eddy, professor of theatre at Northern Vermont University, has agreed to direct the production,” said directing producer Bess O’B...

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Sam Lewis

Dec 13, 2019
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Teens start writing the Listen Up script!

Bess O’Brien and Gary Miller met in November with 15 teenagers from across Vermont to start writing the script for the Listen Up musical! Ideas were flowing ...

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Sam Lewis

Nov 15, 2019
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Sarah Lowry announced as assistant director for Listen Up musical

The Listen Up project is excited to announce the full creative team for the musical that will tour the state in 2020. Joining the previously announced Isaac ...

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Sam Lewis

Nov 5, 2019
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Nate Venet, music director extraordinaire, joins Listen Up team

The Listen Up Project is proud to announce that Nate Venet will be music directing the teen-written musical touring the state in the fall of 2020. Venet is a...

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Sam Lewis

Aug 5, 2019
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Bess at Uprise!

Bess O’Brien hung out at the amazing Uprise! Camp in Marshfield on July 31st. She talked to youth about their activism and what they wanted to focus on as ch...

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Sam Lewis

Aug 5, 2019
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Bess O’Brien in Bristol

Bess O’Brien traveled to Bristol where she met with Sam and Justice, two amazing young people who told their stories for the Listen Up Project! We have now h...

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Sam Lewis

Jun 15, 2019
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Listen Up hosts improvisational theatre workshop with Isaac Eddy

On Saturday June 8, the Listen Up Project hosted an improvisational theatre workshop with Northern Vermont University theatre professor and former member of ...

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Sam Lewis

Jun 10, 2019
1 min

Bess Interviews at CVU!

Bess O'Brien conducted an interview with two brilliant young women at Champlain Valley Union High School today, and they were kind enough to pose for a photo...

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Sam Lewis

Jun 5, 2019
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Listen Up attends conference against racism

Bess O’Brien and Melissa Leo attended the Conference Against Racism in Schools at Randolph Union High School on May 29th. We met lots of amazing young activi...

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Sam Lewis

May 28, 2019
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Take the PACE Vermont Survey and earn gift cards!

Help our friends at the Vermont Department of Health and take the PACE Vermont survey! PACE Vermont is a research study that will enroll approximately 2,000 ...

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Sam Lewis

Apr 17, 2019
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Bess has a Lively Discussion with CVU Students

On April 9, Listen Up producing director Bess O’Brien spent an hour and a half with twelve feisty Champlain Valley Union High School students in a round tabl...

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Sam Lewis

Apr 16, 2019
1 min

Listening to LGBTQ Youth at the State House

Listen Up's Producing Director Bess O’Brien and Managing Director Melissa Leo spent a day at the Vermont State House on March 29th listening and interacting w...

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Sam Lewis

Mar 25, 2019
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Listen Up Teen Leadership Board Has First Meeting

The Listening Phase of the Listen Up Project is underway! On Sunday, March 24, teens from across the state met officially for the first time at the Washingto...

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Beth Esmond

Feb 14, 2019
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Listen Up Launches with State House Press Conference!

On a snowy February 12, members of the Listen Up team gathered at the Vermont State House with Governor Phil Scott, Attorney General TJ Donovan and supporter...

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Beth Esmond

Feb 5, 2019
1 min

VSAC Partners with Listen Up

Listen Up is happy to report that VSAC, an organization that helps Vermont students of all ages save, plan, and pay for college or career training, has agree...

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Beth Esmond

Jan 18, 2019
2 min

Listen Up Project Announces Advisory Board

It takes a village to make a project like this happen. Fortunately, Vermonters are willing to step in and do important work. The Listen Up Project recently a...

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Beth Esmond

Jan 14, 2019
1 min

Listen Up Announces Youth Leadership Board

The Listen Up Project is excited to announce the young people who will make up the Youth Leadership Board! They will help guide the project and spread the wo...

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Beth Esmond

Jan 14, 2019
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UVM Medical Center Donates to Listen Up

We're so psyched to welcome University of Vermont Medical Center to our list of sponsors. They recognized the health benefits of giving a voice to teens and ...

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Beth Esmond

Dec 6, 2018
1 min

Listen Up Project Announces Team

Bess O'Brien names associate producer, outreach coordinator, clinical storytelling consultant for Listen Up Project The Listen Up Project, a Vermont initiati...

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