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The Listen Up Project has hired New York based music director, pianist, and conductor Alyssa Kay Thompson to serve as music director for...

Listen Up is happy to announce the release of the "My Person"music video, based on a song in the upcoming musical. The music video can be...

Listen Up is excited to announce the release of a music video for the song "My Person," which was written for The Listen Up Project...

In March 2021, Kingdom County Productions and the Listen Up Project will launch Black Voices of Vermont, an interactive media project...

In the finale of VEHI PATH's Path Good News, Listen Up directing producer Bess O'Brien and mentor/teen songwriter team Linda Bassick and...

Dear Listen Up  Friends: All of us at the Listen Up Project are horrified and outraged in response to the recent murders of George Floyd,...

After months of reflection, a lot of soul searching and tons of research, due diligence and discussion with artists and presenting organi...

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

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!...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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