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Stephen Weitz

May 5, 2021

Stephen WeitzStephen Weitz (Producing Artistic Director) is a founding member of BETC, and directed the first production, Jean Anouilh’s “Antigone,” as well as “Fat Pig,” “The Sunset Limited,” “Gross Indecency,” “How the World Began,” “Bach at Leipzig,” “Seminar,” “Ambition Facing West,” “Stupid F##king Bird,” “Ideation,” “An Iliad,” “The SantaLand Diaries,” “Guards at the Taj,” “The Rembrandt,” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” “The Realistic Joneses” and the world premieres of “And the Sun Stood Still,” “Full Code,” and “Birds of North America.” He also directed BETC’s digital offerings of “The Nina Variations” and “CO2020.” He has performed in the BETC productions “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,” “Copenhagen,” “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged),” “Morisot Reclining,”
“Doubt,” “Shipwrecked!,” and as the title character in “Cyrano.” He is a frequent guest artist at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, where he has directed “Tribes” and “Jackie & Me.” He has also appeared in DCPA productions of “Tom Sawyer,” “King Lear,” “Richard III,” “Othello,” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Stephen has worked at other prominent area theatres such as Creede Repertory Theatre, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the Arvada Center, and TheatreWorks in Colorado Springs. Stephen holds an MFA from the acting program at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival as well as an MA in theatre from CU Boulder.

Current Season Sponsors

  • Colorado Creative Industries
  • Cheri Belz, Architect & Realtor
  • Hazel's Beverage World
  • Noel and Terry Hefty
  • Peak Asset Management
  • SCFD
  • The Schubert Foundation Inc.
  • Karolynn Lestrud
  • CU Boulder Office for Outreach and Engagement
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Recent Press Articles

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Upcoming Events

BETC Theatre Truck: Summer 2022: June 9-Aug. 7, venues across Colorado  More

Chrysalis Ball: A BETC Fundraiser: June 12, at the Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster  More

(inter)Generations: Summer 2022 Session:
June 2022 More

BETC Writers Group: Summer 2022 Readings More

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Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (BETC):
Formerly Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company


Named 2019 and 2017 Best Theatre for Adults (Denver Westword)

"Now in its 13th season, BETC has, in my experience, never put on a bad show. That’s not just incredible, it’s damn near impossible." (Boulder Weekly)

"Just put the dates for the rest of this season’s BETC shows on your calendar in advance so you won’t miss any of them. Do it!!" (Boulder Magazine)

"This is an excellent cast, working together as a sincere and talented ensemble, in a marvelous production...Now go get a ticket." (Theatre Colorado)
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