Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (BETC)
Theatre as a catalyst for a better world.
Cristina A. Bejan (Writers Group), PhD, is a multi-lingual Romanian-American theatre artist, historian, and poet living in Denver, Colorado. A playwright since age 14, she attended Northwestern University planning to become a Shakespearean actor. She got derailed by the library, which won her a Rhodes scholarship to study at the University of Oxford and a Fulbright to study at the University of Bucharest. While living in Romania, Bejan became involved
Alaina Beth Reel (Writers Group) is an actor, musician, teacher, writer, and director with a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Iowa, currently living in Albuquerque, NM. Colorado credits include productions with DCPA, Curious Theatre Company, the Catamounts, BETC, Town Hall Arts Center, Miners Alley Playhouse, Gravity Defied Theatre Company, and others. Favorite regional acting credits include The 39 Steps (Annabella/Margaret/Pamela), You On the Moors Now (Jo March),
Jessica Austgen (Writers Group) is a Denver-based actor, playwright and immersive theater artist. Their first play, DragOn—a comic con-themed drag adventure—was commissioned by Off-Center at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and premiered at the Garner Galleria Theater in 2017. Sin Street Social Club—a commissioned adaptation of Aphra Behn’s The Rover—had its world premiere at the Arvada Center Black Box in March 2019 (Henry Award nomination, Outstanding New Play
Jenny Stafford (Writers Group) is an award-winning playwright, bookwriter, and lyricist. Her works include Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour (Broadway/Hamburg), The Homefront (Village Theatre Originals, Beta Series), Extended Stay (Florida Festival of New Musicals, Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat), Prodigy (CCU, CDP, Two Rivers, Indiana University), “The Artist and the Scientist” (CAP21), Awakening and Beating a Dead Horse (Bloomington Playwrights Project), Color Inside the Lines (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) and Secret Hour (Prologue Theatre,
Kenya Mahogany Fashaw (Writers Group) is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of 5280 Artist Co-Op. Kenya is a spoken word artist, actress, and playwright. She was a member of 2012 Denver Slam Nuba’s (“we cut heads”) slam team. She was also a recipient of the Denver Center of Performing Arts’ Playwrights Group. She has written and directed Colorism, Breaking The Chains of Complexion produced by 5280 Artist Co-Op in
