Standing in This Place Growing Up LGBTQ in Vermont

By: Maura Campbell (Playwright)

Published by Vermont Pride Theater at Chandler, 2021-11

Early in 2019, Vermont Pride Theater commissioned playwright Maura Campbell to interview people around the state about theirexperiences growing up LGBTQ in Vermont. She wove into a script a heartbreaking and inspiring stories of eighteen Vermonters, performed during Vermont Pride Theater's 2019 Summer Festival, sharing onstage their own deeply personal stories.Overwhelmed audiences laughed with them, cried with them, and even danced with them before erupting into enthusiastic applause and lengthy standing ovations.Here are the lives of a dairy farmer, a state legislator, a college student, a bus driver, and many others who bravely and openly shared the formative experiences of their lives in Vermont. This book will speak to many readers.100 pages. Illustrated with 18 photos.Based on Original Play by Maura Campbell