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The Vermont Farm Project:

A Farm-to-Stage Musical

music & lyrics by TOMMY CRAWFORD
book by JESSICA KAHKOSKA

ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE!

The Vermont Farm Project: A Farm-to-Stage Musical premiered at Northern Stage’s Barrette Center for the Arts May 7-25, 2025.

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Available on streaming music services October 28, 2025!
The Original Cast of THE VERMONT FARM PROJECT. Photo by Kata Sasvari.

Original Cast

Northern Stage Original Cast
Raquel Chavez
– Gabriela / Mo / percussion, autoharp, banjo, guitar
Angel Lin – Kenza / Tara / electric bass, upright bass
David M. Lutken – Glenn / Eric / guitar, autoharp, banjo, mandolin
Emily Mikesell – Kim / fiddle, upright bass
Rob Morrison – Matt / Hunter / guitars, mandolin, banjo

Track List

1. Morning Milking – David M. Lutken, Cast of The Vermont Farm Project 
2. Barnstormer – Emily Mikesell
3. Dos Años – Raquel Chavez
4. Plastic Is a Pest – Rob Morrison, David M. Lutken
5. Keep the Circle Small – Emily Mikesell, Cast of The Vermont Farm Project
6. 37 Ways to Cook Kohlrabi – Rob Morrison
7. Dos Años (Reprise) – Raquel Chavez
8. Rain Song – Angel Lin, Cast of The Vermont Farm Project
9. Death of the Family Farm (A Murder Ballad) – Angel Lin, Raquel Chavez, Rob Morrison
10. How the Seed Grows – Raquel Chavez
11. Cold Water – Angel Lin, Raquel Chavez, Rob Morrison
12. Barnswallow – David M. Lutken
13. Today and Tomorrow – David M. Lutken, Cast of The Vermont Farm Project
14. Encore: Keep the Circle Small (Reprise) – Cast of The Vermont Farm Project

Executive Producers

Northern Stage
Carol Dunne
Producing Artistic Director
Jason Smoller
Managing Director

Davis B. & Katie Kitchel
Wendy & Jonathan Spector
Brian Sekinger, in honor of John Sneeringer

Album Music Direction by Maggie Hollinbeck
Album Music Supervision by Tommy Crawford
Orchestrations by Tommy Crawford, Maggie Hollinbeck, and the ensemble
Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Cedar House Sound, North Sutton, New Hampshire, Gerald Putnam, Engineer
Album Intern Owen Kitchel

Thank you to the more than 40 farm workers from Vermont and New Hampshire who participated in the development of this musical. 

Northern Stage Production Credits

Music & Lyrics by Tommy Crawford
Book by Jessica Kahkoska
Directed by Sarah Elizabeth Wansley
Set Design by Frank Oliva
Costume Design by Alicia Austin
Lighting Design by Mary Ellen Stebbins
Sound Design by German Mártínez
Production Stage Manager Anthony Feola

Thank you to the supporters who made this original cast album possible:

Gert & Jan Assmus
Elizabeth Barcia
Amy & Eileen Barton
Tom Beck
Tracy Bennet
Alfred & Karen Blum
Susan Boles
David Bridges
Risa Bridges-Hall & Larry Hall
Amy & David Cranage
Ron & Karen Crawford
Steve & Joyana Damon
Wynne DeMille
Jen & Otis Ellms-Munroe
James Fortmuller
Robert Foss
Olivia Fournier

Bess Friend
Meryl Friets
Karen & Sandy Gilmour
Pat Glowa & Donald Kollisch
David & Nancy Grant
Jeffrey Hafner
   & Elizabeth Roberts
John & Shelley Hochreiter
Jamie & Nancy Horton
Brucie Hubbell
Steve & Susan Immelt
Clifford & Kate Johnson
Rita & Win Johnson
Katie & Davis Kitchel
Debbie & Roger Klene
Jeanie Levitan
Jim & Ellen Lynch

Linda Mackay
Paco Mendoza
Daniel Naranjo
Laura Olsen
Nels Pederson
Katherine Phillips Evans
Larissa Roesch
Brian Sekinger
Wendy & Jon Spector
Posie Taylor
Michael Thomas
Susan Venable
Mark & Diane Walker
Bill & Susan Wansley
Curt & Kathy Welling
Lynne & Huntley Whitacre