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(inter)Generations

2022 (inter)Generations session at Dawson Academy

BETC’s Intergenerational Playwriting Program

Connect across the ages! Meet new people, create new plays, and hear your work performed by amazing artists.

In our free (inter)Generations program, BETC teaching artists guide high school students and older adults 50+. You’ll learn the basic building blocks of scriptwriting and try some in-class writing exercises to generate and hone your words. As part of the creative process, you’ll participate in an intergenerational interview process with a classmate. You’ll use what you learn in those interviews to create a short play inspired by your partner’s life experiences.

Fall 2022 Class

Our Fall 2022 session will be offered at the Longmont Senior Center, in partnership with Longmont Senior Services and Longmont Youth Center. Registration opens August 15, and the sessions begin on September 1. Classes will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5:30 p.m. with a final public reading on Friday, September 30th at 5 p.m.

For full course details and to register, see the Longmont GO! guide.

Interested in participating in a future (inter)Generations session, or attending a reading of the plays-in-progress?

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(inter)Generations is made possible by

Next50 Initiative and Program Sponsors Jim and Nurit Wolf

Past Sessions

Winter 2022 Session

Alexander Dawson School, Lafayette

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Fall 2021 Session

Stream now available
Connecting across the ages through storytelling.

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Spring 2021 Session

Stream now available
BETC actors read the students’ scripts to bring their words from the page onto the virtual stage.

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Current Season Sponsors

  • SCFD
  • The Schubert Foundation Inc.
  • Karolynn Lestrud
  • Noel and Terry Hefty
  • Peak Asset Management
  • Cheri Belz, Architect & Realtor
  • Colorado Creative Industries
  • Hazel's Beverage World
  • CU Boulder Office for Outreach and Engagement
  • Artboard 12

Recent Press Articles

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

Upcoming Events

“Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson, Apt 2B” by Kate Hamill: Feb 2-25 2023 More

“Eden Prairie, 1971” by Mat Smart: April 6-29 2023 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)

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