Control Top
Don’t miss the CONTROL TOP premiere June 20 - 28, 2025, South Burlington, Vermont
Five women face the funny and not-so-funny of what they wear. Like a long heart to heart with best friends, they share their life experiences and grapple with the control that’s not just hidden in pantyhose all while wondering why they don’t have pockets in all of their clothes. Control Top was created with support from the Vermont Arts Council, the Vermont Community Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. It premieres June 2025.
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The Play
CONTROL TOP is a 90 minute, one-act, play that features an ensemble of five women who reflect on their lifetime experiences with clothing. In funny and poignant conversations, monologues, scenes and even rhyme they reveal what lies beneath the very fabric of their lives.
From lack of pockets to varying opinions on pantyhose ~ gendered t-shirts to dress codes ~ impossible bathing suits to training bras (and what exactly is being trained?), the women share, empathize and strategize how to move forward.
CONTROL TOP was inspired by Abby Wambach’s quote, “Wear what you want. Love who you love. Become what you imagine.” Vasta Folley says, “Wambach’s words were a rousing declaration and an invocation to recognize from whence women came,” adding, “How else to ‘wear what you want’ than to first understand what you wore and why?”
Carole Vasta Folley received the 2024 VAC “People's Choice” Creation Grant Award to help support the creation of this new play.
