Josh Hartwell (Writers Group) is an Artistic Company Member at Curious Theatre Company in Denver, and an Ensemble Member at Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (BETC). He was Colorado’s first Regional Representative for the Dramatists Guild. A playwright, teaching artist, and actor, Hartwell won the Denver Post Ovation Award for “Best Actor in a Comic Role” for his work in Clybourne Park in 2011, and a True West Award in

Tina Anderson (Ensemble Member) is a Boulder native. Her most recent designs include The Laramie Project for the Arvada Center and BETC’s Eden Prairie, 1971,for which she received a Henry Award nomination for best Set Design. Other BETC credits include Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson Apt. 2B, The Royale, Fourteen Funerals, Tiny Beautiful Things, Curious Incident of the Dog at Night Time, Going to a Place You Have Already Been (also nominated for a Henry Award), Birds of North America, and The Revolutionists. Additional designs include Hurricane Diane

Casey Andree (Ensemble Member) has appeared in Ambition Facing West, The Aliens, and Cyrano at BETC. Elsewhere, he has performed as Claude in Town Hall Arts Center’s production of HAIR (Henry & True West nominations, Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role, Henry award, Best Ensemble) and Melchior in Spring Awakening (True West award, Outstanding Production of a Musical), also at THAC. Casey played Claudio in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s production of

Heather Beasley (Ensemble Member) is the director of BETC’s 2023-24 Writers Group. Beyond BETC, she is the Director of Education at Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden, CO, and she teaches in the Professional Creative Writing and Arts and Cultural Leadership programs at the University of Denver. Her newest play, The Gentle Life-Changing Magic of Burning it All Down to the Ground, has received readings at Benchmark Theatre in Denver and

Amy Helen Cole (Ensemble Member) has worked with BETC since she stage managed Antigone, which was followed by Glass Menagerie, Morisot Reclining, and Annapurna. She assisted on set design for Copenhagen and was props master for Seminar, This, Ambition Facing West, The Few, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some!), and Silent Sky. Amy has previously worked with Stories on Stage, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, ART, Merrimack Repertory Theater, National Theater