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Generations

“Generations” reading at Colorado Chautauqua, 2015.

BETC’s New Play Development Program

BETC’s new play development program, Generations, features work by parent playwrights with children under 18. The name comes from BETC’s goals for the program: to welcome all generations into the theater to see new plays and empower playwrights to generate new work.

Each season, BETC selects one playwright through a national competition to join us in Boulder for a one-week residency.  During the residency week, the playwright works with a professional director, dramaturg, and actors to develop the selected script.  The week concludes with a public reading and post-reading conversation.

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2022 Submissions Now Open!

Deadline: June 15, 2022, or when our 200-script submission cutoff is reached.

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Generations is made possible in part by

The Sustainable Arts Foundation and Program Sponsors Ann Bateson and Frank Everts

Past Playwrights in Residence

BETC takes pleasure in supporting our parent playwright residents’ writing careers post-residency, and advocating for production of their plays through connections within the National New Play Network.

Fourteen Funerals
By Eric Pfeffinger

2021

Learn more about BETC’s 2022 world premiere production.

The Play you Want
By Bernardo CubrĂ­a

2019

Learn more about the creative team for the 2020 Generations reading.

Seal Boy
By Ken Weitzman

2018

Babel
By Jacqueline Goldfinger

2017

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Danny
By Jennifer Barclay

2016

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Birds of North America
By Anna Moench

2015

Learn more about BETC’s 2017 world premiere production

The Madres
By Stephanie Alison Walker

2014

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Burning Cities
By Simon Fill

2013

Full Code
David Valdes

2012

Learn more about BETC’s 2016 world premiere production

Generations Playwright Commissions

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Backwards Forwards Back
By Jacqueline Goldfinger

2020

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What’s Best for the Children
By Idris Goodwin

2018

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
  • Artboard 12

Recent Press Articles

  • BETC partners with tiny home builders to bring free theatre to Colorado communities
  • Parent playwright development program accepting submissions
  • Boulder Magazine Review “Fourteen Funerals”
  • Boulder Weekly: The greatest of all human blessings
  • Welcome Back

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)

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