Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (BETC) is proud to announce its 2021 Generations New Play Development Program winner is Eric Pfeffinger.

Established in 2011, the BETC’s Generations program features work by parent playwrights with children under 18. The name comes from BETC’s goals for the program: to welcome all generations into the theater to see new plays and empower playwrights to generate new work.

Each season, BETC selects one playwright through a national competition to join the company in Colorado for a one-week residency. During the residency week, the playwright works with a professional director, dramaturg and actors to develop the selected script. 

Over 175 parent playwrights entered submissions in the most competitive season yet, and BETC will welcome Eric Pfeffinger to Colorado this fall to workshop his new comedy “Fourteen Funerals.”

Eric Pfeffinger is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America. His plays have been produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays, Denver Center Theatre Company, Geva Theatre Center, Childsplay Theatre Company, 16th Street Theater, Chance Theater, Bloomington Playwrights Project and elsewhere. He has developed new work through workshops and readings at The Lark, Page 73, PlayPenn, the Colorado New Play Summit, Red Bull, Chicago Dramatists, HBMG Foundation, Orlando Shakes’ PlayFest, Write Now and others. He has written new plays on commissions from Signature Theatre, Imagination Stage and InterAct Theatre Company. His plays have been published by Dramatic Publishing, Smith & Kraus, Dramatics Magazine and Steele Spring. Eric’s playwriting has received awards from Ohio Arts Council, Indiana Arts Commission, Toledo Arts Commission and Midwestern Playwrights Festival. He co-created the web series “MotherJudger,” “Mommy Blogger” and “Sad Dads.” He was a founding member of the comedy troupe Don’t Throw Shoes. Eric has written for American Theatre magazine and National Lampoon.