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BETC Kicks Off 2022-2023 Season With Eco-Thriller “The Children”

August 17, 2022

Lucy Kirkwood’s Tony nominated play candidly and humorously tackles generational guilt.

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BETC partners with tiny home builders to bring free theatre to Colorado communities

May 18, 2022

Drive up Highway 36 just outside Lyons, and you might catch a glimpse of a (not so) tiny new collaboration happening.

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Parent playwright development program accepting submissions

May 3, 2022

Now accepting submissions for the 2022 Generations new playwriting residency program.

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Boulder Magazine Review “Fourteen Funerals”

February 18, 2022

FOURTEEN FUNERALS – Written by Eric Pfeffinger; Directed by Rebecca Remaly. Produced by Butterfly Effect Theatre Company (BETC) (Presented by the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder) through March 5. Tickets available at 303-440-7826 or thedairy.org. At first, I thought I had not seen a previous Eric Pfeffinger production. But I was wrong. Pfeffinger wrote a play – HUMAN ERROR – that was part of the 2017

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Boulder Weekly: The greatest of all human blessings

February 18, 2022

BETC’s ‘Fourteen Funerals’ wraps philosophy in comedy.

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BETC returns to mainstage productions with “Fourteen Funerals”

January 21, 2022

BETC returns to mainstage productions this February with a new name and a commitment to doing theatre differently post-pandemic.

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The Washington Post: BETC 2017 Generations winner premieres at Mosaic Theater Company of DC

October 29, 2021

The difficulty in writing a play, a movie or a song about the environment is that the topic is so huge, so amorphous, so slow-moving that it’s hard to drill down to the specifics that allow for drama. Moench wrote the play as a graduate student at the University of San Diego in 2016 and then won the 2017 Generations competition at the Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (then known as the Boulder Ensemble

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American Theatre Magazine: Butterfly Effect Theatre Names Eric Pfeffinger Its Generations New-Play Resident

October 22, 2021

Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (BETC) has announced that its 2021 Generations New Play Development Program winner is Eric Pfeffinger. Over 175 parent playwrights entered submissions in the most competitive application cycle yet, according to a statement. Established in 2011, the BETC Generations program features work by playwrights who are parents with children under the age of 18. The program aims to welcome all generations into the theatre to see

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BETC announces comeback season

October 22, 2021

Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (BETC) is proud to announce its 2022 season. New plays, dynamic programs, BETC is back.

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Announcing our parent playwright development program annual winner

October 7, 2021

Established in 2011, the BETC’s Generations program features work by parent playwrights with children under 18.

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  • BETC Kicks Off 2022-2023 Season With Eco-Thriller “The Children”
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  • BETC partners with tiny home builders to bring free theatre to Colorado communities
  • Parent playwright development program accepting submissions
  • Boulder Magazine Review “Fourteen Funerals”

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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)

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