The drama’s small, three-person ensemble delivers outsized emotions and big ideas
So much in the Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado’s latest production, Mat Smart’s “Eden Prairie, 1971,” shines a spotlight on the many pleasures the Boulder company has offered audiences under the stewardship of artistic director Stephen Weitz and managing director Rebecca Remaly.; the show even introduces the audience to two new performers in the lead roles. The production’s elegant design – scenic, lighting, sound, costume, props — is lean and evocative.
The company’s board knew the two planned to depart and had been working on what might be next for one of Boulder’s best theater companies. But the news came as a surprise to the local theater community.“Steven and Rebecca have dedicated their time and energy to positively contributing to the artistic community through intriguing programming and working with generous, smart, artistic collaborators ,” wrote Jada Suzanne Dixon in an email.
“It was an unintentional swan song, but it worked out OK,” said Weitz, with Remaly joining in from Pennsylvania where she’s directing Betsy Wohl’s “Grand Horizons,” set to begin its run in Bloomsburg, the town where the pair met. “OK,” because BETC will go on. And OK, the drama speaks of a roiling past in ways that allow audiences to ponder our state as a nation, but also the state of the arts and theater coming out of a global pandemic.
“I think it speaks to the trauma that the characters are going through because of the choices that they’ve made, because of the circumstances that they’re in and what it feels like to live with that trauma all the time. And that is also something I feel is really resonant — whether it’s politics, whether it’s social issues, whether it’s the pandemic, whether it’s war — pick your poison.
As Mrs. Thompson, Egolf confirms but also rebuffs her daughter’s estimation of her frailty. And the one-act play’s twists and conclusions are devastating and earned. “Not just being able to work with Stephen on that, but being able to work with the whole cast and on a play that has a really profound script,” she added. “There are a lot of plays about theater. Not all of them are great. Not all of them have stood the test of time. And that was one that just really resonated with all of us.”
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