Our Mission
The Central VT Playback Troupe weaves together
movement, music, and metaphor to bring audience stories to life.
Our playback practice is in service of co-creating a just, equitable, and playful Vermont and beyond.
movement, music, and metaphor to bring audience stories to life.
Our playback practice is in service of co-creating a just, equitable, and playful Vermont and beyond.
Our Manifesto
Witness is powerful:
Bearing witness and being witnessed are pathways to transformation
We care for one another’s magic, complexity, & vulnerability
Our creativity can be trusted:
Improvisation and spontaneity are tools to build resilience and collective insight
We commit to boldness, taking risks, and imperfection
A more just world is possible:
We commit to anti-racism and collective liberation
We seek to celebrate the voices and lived experiences of all people
The content of our lives is meaningful. Our stories are worth telling.
Bearing witness and being witnessed are pathways to transformation
We care for one another’s magic, complexity, & vulnerability
Our creativity can be trusted:
Improvisation and spontaneity are tools to build resilience and collective insight
We commit to boldness, taking risks, and imperfection
A more just world is possible:
We commit to anti-racism and collective liberation
We seek to celebrate the voices and lived experiences of all people
The content of our lives is meaningful. Our stories are worth telling.
Ensemble Bio
The Central Vermont Playback Troupe came into being in November 2019
under the leadership of Lucy Schmid, who is our current artistic director.
Our ensemble of ~9 performers includes teachers, social workers, somatic movement educators, medical providers, landscape designers, therapists, advocates, community organizers and more.
As a troupe, we believe playback has the capacity to support healing, to change the ways we relate to each other, create new cultural possibilities, and to embody our values in the world.
We are delighted to be exploring playback together
and to be a part of the greater international playback community.
under the leadership of Lucy Schmid, who is our current artistic director.
Our ensemble of ~9 performers includes teachers, social workers, somatic movement educators, medical providers, landscape designers, therapists, advocates, community organizers and more.
As a troupe, we believe playback has the capacity to support healing, to change the ways we relate to each other, create new cultural possibilities, and to embody our values in the world.
We are delighted to be exploring playback together
and to be a part of the greater international playback community.
Ensemble MembersCentral Vermont Playback Theater
We Are Tender Seeds Central Vermont Playback Theatre was founded in November 2019.
Our amazing ensemble of performers includes parents, teachers, social workers, somatic movement educators, therapists, medical providers, and facilitators. "We move at the speed of trust" *quote by adrienne marie brown
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