SANTALAND 3.0

The SantaLand Diaries
By Davis Sedaris, adapted by Joe Mantello
Back by popular demand!
November 30th – December 24th, 2011
*Due to adult content, SantaLand is not recommended for children under 13.

Tickets are on sale now! Click HERE to purchase.

Visit our interactive calender for specific dates and times
as well as additional events like talkbacks with the cast!

BETC returns once more to this hilarious and irreverent tale detailing Sedaris' real-life experience of working as an Elf in Macy's SantaLand. For those searching for the cure for the common Christmas show, look no further. This uproarious show has played to packed houses the last two years, so be sure to get your tickets early!

“[BETC’s SantaLand is] quite possibly the best Christmas-themed show.” – Boulder Weekly

“BETC’s version of SantaLand reaches out and tickles the Bad Santa that lives in many of us.” – Boulder Daily Camera

Producing Ensemble Director’s Comments: SantaLand is fast becoming a tradition in Boulder. We've literally been turning people away the last two years, so we felt it was only right to give them another shot at it. With Geoffrey Kent returning as our velvet-clad hero, it's sure to be anything but a "Silent Night."

Season 6 is presented through the generous support of Sacha Millstone, Senior Vice President,
Millstone Evans Group of Raymond James and Associates, Inc.

MAURITIUS

Mauritius
By Theresa Rebeck
A Regional Premiere!
October 13th – 29th, 2011

In this wickedly funny and riveting thriller, cash and allegiances change hands as two sisters and three collectors battle over a pair of rare stamps that could be worth millions. Mauritius explores the lengths we are willing to go to for fortune... and freedom.

"One wouldn't think that the subject of rare stamps would make for gripping, entertaining theater, but Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius [is] the sort of well-made, engrossing and unpretentious play rarely encountered on Broadway these days." -The Hollywood Reporter

"You can't dismiss the pleasurable kick of watching a woman...take on a slew of Mamet-esque thugs." –New York Times

Producing Ensemble Director’s Comments: We're kicking off Season 6 with a regional premiere from one of America's best writers. Theresa Rebeck has crafted a wonderfully taut drama about stamp collecting, of all things! This story twists and turns like a classic mystery as the five characters jockey for position and a possible fortune. Who knew stamp collecting was a life-and-death proposition?

*Due to adult content and language, parental discretion is advised.

Mauritius is presented through the generous support of Diane and David Zile.

Season 6 is presented through the generous support of Sacha Millstone, Senior Vice President,
Millstone Evans Group of Raymond James and Associates, Inc.


Check out our Mauritius BrainFood video!

An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf

An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf

By Michael Hollinger
A regional premiere!

"Boulder Ensemble Theatre's "Empty Plate" is a thoroughly satisfying meal of a production." - The Daily Camera

"BETC once again proves itself to be one of Boulder's most talented and exciting theater companies." - Boulder Weekly

"...this is an epic journey [John] Arp takes us on. And it's a ride well worth taking..." - Denver Post

"Delightful and inventive performances all the way around." - Colorado Drama

April 21st – May 7th, 2011
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 4:00pm
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
Visit our interactive calendar for specific dates and times.
Running time: 1hr, 35 minutes, no intermission

Directed by Rebecca Remaly and starring John Arp, Michael Bouchard, Bob Buckley, Josh Hartwell, Theresa Reid and Crystal Verdon Eisele

On one hot July night in 1961, the staff of the Café du Grand Boeuf awaits the imminent arrival of Victor, the Café's owner and sole patron. But when Monsieur returns from the bullfights in Madrid, he brings with him news that sends his adoring staff into a race to save their jobs….and their master’s life. A "comic tragedy in seven courses" celebrating the joys of food, sex, bullfighting and the collected works of Ernest Hemingway.

Producing Ensemble Director’s Comments: This play, from one of the most popular American playwrights, is a wonderful combination of love and laughter and is sure to send audiences to the door with a serious appetite!

Producing Partners: Goff and Goff, LLC

Season 5 is presented through the generous support of Sacha Millstone, Senior Vice President, Millstone Evans Group of Raymond James and Associates, Inc.

The Clean House

THE CLEAN HOUSE

By Sarah Ruhl

Directed by Rebecca Remaly
April 1-17, 2010

A maid who hates cleaning dreams about creating the perfect joke. A doctor who treats cancer leaves his heart inside one of his patients. A woman who keeps her house in order realizes her life is a mess. This is a play of uncommon romance and uncommon comedy by "a playwright with a unique comic voice, perspective, and sense of theater" (Variety).

"The Clean House is a treasure of a play. Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company's production is filled with jewels." - 3 1/2 Stars, The Daily Camera

Listen to a sneak preview from the MetroArts show on KGNU.
Daily Camera Preview Article.

Video by Mitch Dickman and Listen Productions


Cast:

Mathilde: Jamie Anne Romero
Lane: Anne Sandoe
Virginia: Sheri Davis
Charles: Bob Buckley
Anna: Suzanne Morales

Production Team:
Ashley Simpson - Stage Manager
Tina Anderson - Scenic Design
Rachel Atkinson - Lighting Design
Brenda King - Costume Design
Andrew Metzroth - Sound Design

The Clean House was presented through a generous gift from Producing Partners Mike and Diana Kinsey and funded in part by a grant from the Boulder Arts Commission, an agency of the Boulder City Council.

The Sunset Limited

A Colorado Premiere by Cormac McCarthy

Directed by Stephen Weitz

October 9 - 24, 2009

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of No Country for Old Men and The Road comes a haunting and provocative play. In a run-down tenement apartment, two strangers clash over life and death, faith and unbelief, and the very nature of existence, using words as their only weapons. With salvation hanging in the balance, who will live and who will take "The Sunset Limited?"

“Seductively written…A debate of souls, torn between faith and unbelief.” – NY Times

Stage Manager: Heather Beasley
Lighting Design: Mitch Dickman
Scenic Design: Tina Anderson
Sound Design: Andrew Metzroth
Asst. Stage Manager: Ashley Simpson




CAST:
Josh Hartwell as "White"
Alphonse Keasley as "Black"

Daily Camera Review

The Glass Menagerie

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

By Tennessee Williams

Directed by Pesha Rudnick

September 20 – October 6, 2007

As the first show of our second full season, BETC presented the classic drama, THE GLASS MENAGERIE. Despite its familiarity, the saga of Williams' damaged Wingfield family continues to have fresh relevance for theatre-goers everywhere. BETC focused on the malleable, dreamlike quality of this "memory play" and this haunting production treated Boulder audiences to a fine performance of one of America's most revered and iconic plays.

Daily Camera Review


Assistant Director: Kyle Stockburger
Stage Manager: Amy Cole
Assistant Stage Manager: Kristen Case

Costume Designer: Clare Henkel
Lighting Designer: Jacob M. Welch
Set Designer: Kathryn Kawecki
Sound Designer/Composer: Andrew Metzroth
Violinist: Kelly Gibson

CAST:
The Mother, Amanda: Lou Anne Wright
Her Son, Tom: Justin D. Davis
Her Daughter, Laura: Rebecca Remaly
The Gentleman Caller: Matthew Mueller

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged)

By Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winfield

Directed by Bob Buckley

May 1 - 16, 2008

BETC's final show of the 2007-08 season was the side-splitting comedy, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED). Featuring three of the area's most hilarious Shakespeare clowns, this zany, lightning fast ride through all 37 Shakespeare plays (and a few sonnets to boot!) was a huge hit with BETC audiences. Due to its overwhelming popularity, the show went on to be revived as part of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival's 2009 summer season, where it played to sold-out houses. COMPLETE WORKS was also nominated for Best Comedy as part of the 2009 Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Awards!

Daily Camera Review
Westword Review

Stage Manager: Heather A. Beasley
Costume Design: Britney Rich
Lighting/Sound Design: Andrew Metzroth
Set Design: Susan Crabtree
Props Master: Amy Cole

CAST:
Geoff: Geoffrey Kent
Matt: Matthew Mueller
Stephen: Stephen Weitz

Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN

By Michael Frayn

Directed by Rebecca Remaly

February 14 – March 8, 2008

Copenhagen invited the audience into a provocative conversation about the moral responsibilities of science and scientists, through a fictionalized account of a historical meeting between Danish physicist Niels Bohr and German physicist Werner Heisenberg. These two eminent scientists had worked very closely together for many years developing the physics that led to the discovery of nuclear fission. However, with Heisenberg having been charged by Hitler to develop the atomic bomb for Germany, these friends and colleagues find their relationship strained to the utmost by issues of morality, patriotism and responsibility. This rare feat of historical drama presented a gripping debate surrounding issues of scientific accountability and the practical exploitation of scientific discovery.

Daily Camera Review

Stage Manager: Andrew Metzroth
Assistant Stage Manager: Nathan A. Cooper

Costume Design: Britney Rich
Lighting Design: Andrew Metzroth and Brian Curtiss
Set Design: Andrew Metzroth
Assistant Set Design: Amy Cole
Sound Design: John Thornberry

CAST:
Niels Bohr: Bob Buckley
Margarethe Bohr: Stephany Roscoe
Werner Heisenberg: Stephen Weitz