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Gustavo Ott
(born in Caracas, Venezuela, 1963)
holds a B.A. in Mass Communications from Universidad Católica
Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. In Fall 1993 he
was a participant in the International Writing Program at
the University of Iowa.
 His
publications include: Teatro 5 (Caracas:
Textoteatro Ediciones, 1989); Nuevas voces
(Caracas: CELARG, 1991); Ocho piezas and two plays,
Vols. I & II (Caracas: National Congress, 1992); Las
piezas del mal (Caracas: IMP, 1995); Antología
culpable (Caracas, Fundarte 1998); Antología
del teatro hispanoamericano actual (Colombia, Ed.
Universidad de Antioquia, 1997); Piezas que arrugan
el corazón (Caracas, Cuadernos del TSMC, 1998);
GUSTAVO OTT I and GUSTAVO OTT II (both published
in Madrid by La Avispa in 2000); Nueva dramaturgia
de Venezuela (Madrid, Casa de America, 2002); Gorditas
(Madrid, SGAE, 2001); Photomaton (Paris,
La Mousson Antoine Vitez, 2003); 80 dientes, 4 metros
y 200 kilos (Madrid, Ed. ICI, 1999); Pavlov
(Ed. Presagios, Mexico) and Miss (Ed. Estival,
Caracas, 2004).
In 1998 he received the Tirso de Molina Award (Spain) for
his play “80 dientes, 4 metros y 200 kilos” (80
Teeth, 4 Feet & 500 Pounds) and in 2003 he received the
Ricardo López Aranda International Playwriting Award
(Spain) for “Tu ternura Molotov” (Your Molotov
Kisses). Other awards include the Juana Sujo Award for Playwriting
(Venezuela, 1990), Honorary Mention - McLaren Comedy Playwriting
Competition (USA, 1995) for "I Tawt I Taw A Putty Tat"
(Minor Leagues), the Lawrence S. Epstein Playwriting Award
(USA, 1996) for "Who Ever Said I Was a Good Girl?",
the National Writers Circle Award for Playwriting (Venezuela,
2000) for “80 dientes, 4 metros y 200 kilos”,
the Caracas Theater Critics Award (Venezuela, 2000) for “80
Teeth, 4 Feet and 800 Pounds”, the CELCIT Award (Venezuela,
2002) for “Miss”, and first runner up for the
Princess Grace Award in 2002 for “80 Teeth, 4 Feet &
500 Pounds”. In 1995, GALA’s production of "Pavlov:
Two Seconds Before the Crime" was a critical success
in Washington D.C., followed in 1997 by "Who Ever Said
I Was a Good Girl?" and “Divorcées, Evangelists,
and Vegetarians” in 2003.
Ott's plays have been widely produced not only in Venezuela
(22 productions), but also abroad (19 productions) including
Spain, Italy, the United States, Peru, England, Argentina,
Chile, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Denmark,
the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
“Divorcees, Evangelists and Vegetarians” (1991)
and “Pavlov”(1992) were translated into English
by Raúl Moncada (Old Globe Theater, San Diego) while
“Minor Leagues” (1994), "Who Ever Said I
was a Good Girl?"(1994), "Fat Chicks" (1995),
"Passport" (1997) "Stiffed" (Screenplay)
,“80 Teeth, 4 feet & 500 Pounds”, “Two
Loves and a Creature” and “Your Molotov Kisses”
were translated by Heather McKay (University of Iowa). Also,
in 2003 a new translation of “Divorcées, Evangelists,
and Vegetarians” was made by Heather McKay. "Red
Sky at Night" was translated by David Mintz (Rutgers,
New York). Ott was selected in 2002 by the Joseph Papp Public
Theater in New York for the program “New Work Now”,
directed by Tlaloc Rivas. Also, in 2003 the Public Theater
choose another of his plays, “Two Loves and a Creature”
for the same program while the “La Mousson d’ete”
selected “Photomaton” for their “La Mousson
a Paris” program in la Comedie Francaise in Paris for
May 2003 directed by Michael Dydim
Ott's plays have been translated into several languages,
including Italian, Portuguese, Hungarian, German, French,
Czech, Russian, and Polish. Ott’s plays have been published
in English by Meriwether Press.
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