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After months of reflection, a lot of soul searching and tons of research, due diligence and discussion with artists and presenting organizations in both Verm...

"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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...