Control Top by Carole Vasta Folley

06/19/2025

Check out this week's SEVENDAYSVT.COM!
Comedic Play ‘Control Top’ Skewers Pantyhose and the Patriarchy in South Burlington
Carole Vasta Folley’s original play features female characters in conversation about women’s clothing and how it has been (literally) shaped by the patriarchy.
"At its funniest, her play satirizes shape wear, jeggings and every type of bra imaginable, drawing on theatrical movement, lighting and even rhyming poetry to foreground women's experiences and enliven the performance. At its heaviest, it reveals jarring statistics about the gender pay gap and sexual assault, educating the audience about the history of women's clothing and its role in perpetuating the patriarchy."
THANK YOU TO SEVEN DAYS AND MADELEINE KAPTEIN!

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/comedic-play-control-top-premieres-in-south-burlington-43789642

06/16/2025

Genie from THE SAFETY TEAM joined us at rehearsal on Saturday! Just being in her presence is both uplifting and grounding. (And it wasn't just her WOMAN UP t-shirt . . . where can I get one?!) Thank you Genie for being there. THE SAFETY TEAM not only saves women's lives, they honor, respect and believe in women! We are overjoyed to use CONTROL TOP as a way to give back to a women-led organization that's committed to preventing violence, healing trauma, fostering resilience and building safer communities. BRAVO to THE SAFETY TEAM!
And get your tickets today to support their mighty efforts and come see CONTROL TOP! CONTROL-TOP.COM or SEVENDAYSTICKETS.COM.

06/16/2025

Thank you to GIRLS NITE OUT PRODUCTIONS! And to Janet Stambolian and Jennifer Warwick! A BIG shoutout to sisterhood on stage!
CONTROL TOP OPENS THIS WEEK!! Get your tickets now!
CONTROL-TOP.COM or SEVENDAYSTICKETS.COM

06/14/2025

Do you have your tickets?
CONTROL TOP opens next week! Only 7 shows!
We'd love to share this labor of love with you!
Take a peek at the Control Top cast in rehearsal.
But come see us in person! We have many stories to tell.
CONTROL-TOP.COM for info and tickets!

06/12/2025

We are so proud to know that 15% of all ticket sales goes to support the tremendous work of THE SAFETY TEAM. This is a women led Vermont non-profit with the mission to empower women, prevent violence and heal trauma. This is a big damn deal!
Visit The Safety Team at thesafetyteam.org/ to learn about their Empowerment Self Defense Workshops.
AND Read playwright Carole Vasta Folley's column about her experience taking THE SAFETY TEAM's Trauma Recovery Program - as she says, "It has changed the way I speak and walk in this world":
https://www.vtcng.com/otherpapersbvt/opinion/opinion_columns/safety-team-a-life-changing-and-lifesaving-course/article_7f727476-f2b3-11ee-b321-df4010467a5d.html
GET YOUR CONTROL TOP TICKETS TODAY and help support THE SAFETY TEAM!

06/10/2025

“The working title of ‘Control Top’ was ‘Love Loss and the Albatross of What I Wore,’” says the playwright Carole Vasta Folley. “A nod to the brilliant playwrights Nora and Delia Ephron and an inspiration to examine not just what women wear, BUT WHY. This was the driving force behind this play - THAT and creating conversation among women. That's why - in CONTROL TOP - the women are talking to each other!"
GET TICKETS NOW! CONTROL-TOP.COM

06/10/2025

See article about CONTROL TOP in THE ESSEX REPORTER:
"Essex playwright brings 'Control Top' to the stage in South Burlington"

Show dates are June 20, 21 and June 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. and two Saturday 2 p.m. matinees on June 21 and 28.

06/09/2025

Just HOW long have women been longing for pockets in ALL their clothes?
Join us in the conversation!
CONTROL TOP - a one act play about women, clothes and reclamation!
CONTROL-TOP.COM
Open June 20
Tickets selling fast! Get yours today!

06/09/2025

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW BEFORE THEY SELL OUT!
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06/09/2025

Has this been drilled into your mind your whole life? Like the beach is a place to be seen - or more accurately judged? What if the beach was ALWAYS and ONLY a place to have fun - swim - and build the sandcastles of our dreams?
Please come join the conversation at CONTROL TOP - a one act play about clothes, women and reclamation.
It won't be the same without you!
CONTROL-TOP.COM

06/09/2025

Remember the egg? Who LOVED the egg?
Come to CONTROL TOP and wax poetic about that plastic egg, but maybe not so much about wearing pantyhose!
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW - CONTROL-TOP.COM

06/09/2025

Rehearsing CONTROL TOP with these incredible women who are baring their souls telling so many women's stories! They also are incredibly funny!
Show opens JUNE 20 - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
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