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Plays with Fire: BETC’s 2024 New Play Festival

May 6 – The Savoy Denver
May 13, 20 – Dairy Arts Center, Boulder
May 28 – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, Golden

This May, BETC hosts four evenings of new plays by Colorado playwrights.


About the Series

Short Plays at the Savoy
Monday, May 6, 7:00pm

The Savoy Denver (bar opens at 6:00pm – grab a coffee, or something stronger).

Amalia Adiv
Tom Bruett
Kate Hertz
Aaron Klass
Debra Gilbert Rosenberg
Mark Sbani
Laurie Scoggins
Quinn Smola

The Light That’s Left by Sam Collier
Monday, May 13, 7:00pm
Dairy Arts Center’s Grace Gamm Theatre, with discussion to follow

Lena is hiking to a glacier that she visited with her mother many years ago, when she meets a mysterious stranger in the woods. A play about grief, hope, and climate change.

Hellfire and Ham by Colette Mazunik
Monday, May 20, 7:00pm
Dairy Arts Center’s Grace Gamm Theatre, with discussion to follow

It’s January 5th, 2021. A family—splintered by politics and religion—gathers at a farmhouse in America’s heartland. It’s the day of the fire. The day the house burns down.

Long Live Rock by Josh Hartwell
Tuesday, May 28, 7:00pm
Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, with discussion to follow

Ethan breaks into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ready to get his favorite band inducted. But his passion for Midnight Oil is just the beginning of an unimaginable rock odyssey, as the staff take him on a magical mystery ride through the Hall of Fame’s inner workings.

 

Tickets

There is no charge to attend Writers Group readings. Click the link for the specific reading below to book your reservation:

Monday, May 6, 7:00pm Short Plays at the Savoy (Savoy Denver)
 
Monday, May 13, 7:00pmThe Light That’s Left by Sam Collier (Dairy Arts Center)
 
Monday, May 20, 7:00pmHellfire and Ham by Colette Mazunik (Dairy Arts Center)
 
Tuesday, May 28, 7:00pmLong Live Rock by Josh Hartwell (Miners Alley Performing Arts Center)
 

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