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STARVING
"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

GHOSTS
"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

SUMMER OF THE SWANS
"...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

THE DOCTOR OF ROME
"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

LAW & ORDER: SVU
"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." PlanetOut


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