"And Bethany Butler shines as Dubiard's drug addicted
daughter Dolsiss, a character who really should be in
her own play. Staggering on and off stage, one isn't
sure what to make of the character's presence in the
overall story, though Ms. Butler's performance adds a
note of empathy to this self-absorbed woman."
CurtainUp
"Superbly filling assigned roles are Lizan Mitchell as
the building's irascible matriarch, Dawn Ursula as the
quiet and determined teacher and Bethany Butler as the
addicted daughter next door." Variety
"...and Coolbroth's daughter Dolsiss (ethereal,
excitable Bethany Butler), who's got her own painful
sense of possibilities--most of them, it turns out,
lost beyond redemption." Washington City Paper
"...fine character creations by Doug Brown, Craig
Wallace, Bethany Butler, and Michael Anthony Williams
almost make you want the show to last longer so you
can keep watching them work."
Potomac Stages
"Each actor played his/her part extremely well and
nailed the Southern black accent and dialect. It
seemed like no other actor could play the personality
of the characters better than those already
cast....Dolsiss Coolbroth (Bethany Butler) pulls
double duty in this performance. The character of
Dolsiss provides both comic relief and plays a serious
role in addressing the issue of drug use. To see her
walk around in a drug-induced daze and listen to her
stoned-out ramblings is very amusing, but when the
audience learns that she, a college graduate, can not
run the business she inherited from her grandmother
because she is high all the time shows that drug use
was becoming a serious problem." The Eagle
"Each actor inhabits his or her character so
convincingly, you're not sure the performers are any
different off stage. And these are well-developed
characters, filled with nuances that make them
three-dimensional." Washingtonian
"Luna Stage dusts off a classic play with stellar
performances." Essex Journal
"As the maid Regina, Bethany Butler is especially
moving in the scene where she's asked to sit at the
family's table for the first time." The Star-Ledger
"The passion, pain, anger, and desperation of Oswald
and Regina are well conveyed by Michael Aquino and
Bethany Butler. Butler is especially fine when her
expression and bearing display her pride and joy at
being asked to sit at table with Mrs. Alving and
Oswald." Talkin' Broadway
"Bethany Butler, an elegant young actress, brings a
brittle edge to Regina." The Montclair Times
"...excellent drama...superior acting...The
performances...are uniformly excellent...Those who see
this show can count themselves among the fortunate."
The New York Times
"Bethany Butler is deliciously untouchable as the
idolized older sister so lucky in looks that she
doesn't need a tortured inner life..." The New Yorker
"Bethany Butler is an appropriately vivid and animated
Wanda and a wonderful foil to Sara in their hilarious
sister scenes." Back Stage
"Bethany Butler, as Rachel,...provides an inner
strength to the character that would otherwise not be
indicated from Colley's script." American Theater
Web
"...Butler makes a highly appealing Rachel" Talkin'
Broadway
"In an intensely emotional scene that will bring you
to tears, a man on the down low faces his wife
(talented newcomer Bethany Butler) after she learns
the truth about his double life, and she has a
heartbreaking revelation to share with him."
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