Plays with Fire: BETC’s 2024 New Play Festival
Season 18
May 6 – The Savoy Denver
May 13, 20 – Dairy Arts Center, Boulder
May 28 – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, Golden
This May, BETC hosts four evenings of new plays by Colorado playwrights.
About
These plays in a variety of genres and themes are great for entertainment and for sparking intriguing conversations. What a great way to get to know the work of writers who may be new to you!
Plays
The Lights Blink
Amalia Adiv – Playwright
Brittni Shambaugh Addison – Lena
Aaron Klass – Alex
Ben Stasny – Stage Directions
smoke. Break.
Quinn Smola– Playwright
Abid Hassan – Peter
B Cronk – Isaac
Kate Hertz – Stage Directions
The Ten Stages of Love
Mark Sbani – Playwright
Brian Bohlender – Rocco
Libby Shull – Mermaid
Josh Hartwell – Cupid
Heather Beasley – Stage Directions
Teach Me to Tango
Debra Gilbert Rosenberg – Playwright
Abby Apple Boes – Clara
Chris Kendall – Charles
Laurie Scoggins – Stage Directions
— INTERMISSION —
For the Sake of the Tale
Aaron Klass – Playwright
Katie Jackson– Adene
Chris Kendall – Lumley
Brian Bohlender – Temple
Matthew Murry – Charley
Amalia Adiv – Stage Directions
The Wait
Laurie Scoggins – Playwright
Brittni Shambaugh Addison – #79
B Cronk – #80
James Giordano – #81
Libby Shull – #82
Abid Hassan – Stage Directions
Parker and Gideon Sitting in a Tree
Tom Bruett – Playwright
Emily Ebertz – Kimberley
Matthew Murry – Gideon
Ben Stasny – Parker
Abby Apple Boes – Stage Directions
G is for Grief
Kate Hertz – Playwright
Emily Ebertz – Tess
James Giordano – Liam
Josh Hartwell – Ron
Katie Jackson – Cynthia
Heather Beasley – Stage Directions
The Light That’s Left by Sam Collier
Monday, May 13, 7:00pm
Dairy Arts Center’s Grace Gamm Theatre
Synopsis
Lena is hiking to a glacier that she visited with her mother many years ago, when she meets a mysterious stranger in the woods. A play about grief, hope, and climate change.
Artistic Team
Sam Collier – Playwright
Karen LaMoureaux – Director
Marisa Dinsmoor – Young Lena / Young Diana
Rachel Darden – Lena (30s)
Mare Trevathan – Diana / Dawn (50s)
Hellfire and Ham by Colette Mazunik
Monday, May 20, 7:00pm
Dairy Arts Center’s Grace Gamm Theatre
Synopsis
It’s January 5th, 2021. A family—splintered by politics and religion—gathers at a farmhouse in America’s heartland. It’s the day of the fire. The day the house burns down.
Artistic Team
Colette Mazunik – Playwright
Anastasia Davidson – Director
Rory Pierce – Walter
Kathryn Gray – Bernice
Emily Paton Davies – Leah
Shauna Earp-Ballinger – Debra
Warren Sherrill – Aaron
Long Live Rock by Josh Hartwell
Tuesday, May 28, 7:00pm
Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, Golden
Synopsis
Ethan breaks into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ready to get his favorite band inducted. But his passion for Midnight Oil is just the beginning of an unimaginable rock odyssey, as the staff take him on a magical mystery ride through the Hall of Fame’s inner workings.
Artistic Team
Josh Hartwell – Playwright
Heather Beasley – Director
Ethan - John Hauser
Sandra - Emma Ackerman
Gil/ Michael Hutchence - Matthew Combs
Greg/ Eric Clapton - Matthew Murry
Jason - John Wittbrodt
Nwaka - Alex Campbell
A Drummer/ Stage Directions - Archer Rosenkrantz
Tickets
There is no charge to attend Writers Group readings. Click the link for the specific reading below to book your reservation.
Monday, May 6, 7:00pm – Short Plays at the Savoy (Savoy Denver)
Monday, May 13, 7:00pm – The Light That’s Left by Sam Collier (Dairy Arts Center)
Monday, May 20, 7:00pm – Hellfire and Ham by Colette Mazunik (Dairy Arts Center)
Tuesday, May 28,7:00pm – Long Live Rock by Josh Hartwell (Miners Alley Performing Arts Center)
