Upcoming Events at Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
Mon Mar 27, 7:00 PM - Mon Mar 27, 9:00 PM
Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
31 W. Ohio St., Chicago, IL 60654
Community: River North
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Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
Event Details
FREE and open to the public but reservations are required.
RSVP at http://bpt
Space is limited so please save your spot early!
All tickets wil be held at the door.
In Spanish.
The International Playwriting Contest was founded in 2015 by Teatro Aguijón and the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago to increase the number of quality scripts featuring Hispanic play writers. In the second edition, 179 playwrights were submitted by authors from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, España, México, Perú, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Uruguay, the United States and Venezuela. Venezuelan writer Gustavo Ott was awarded first prize for his work “Brutality”
Gustavo Ott (Caracas, Venezuela). Playwright, fiction writer and journalist.
Ott has won several awards including: Juana Sujo (Caracas, 1990); the McLaren Comedy Playwriting Competition (Finalist), for I TAWT I TAW A PUTTY CAT (USA, 1995); Puerto Rico’s Critics’ Award, for LOS PECES CRECEN CON LA LUNA; Best Play, Karzinbarcika Festival (Hungary) and Liverpool Festival (Canada) for PAVLOV; Best Play, MB-Prague Festival 2003 for PASSPORT; Best Play, Yakumo Festival 2007 (Japan) for WET DOG WAITING (BANDOLERO Y MALASANGRE; Venezuela’s Writers’ Circle Award (2001) and First Runner-up, Princess Grace Award-New York (2001) for 80 TEETH, 4 FEET & 500 POUNDS; CELCIT Award (2002) for 80 DIENTES…; Miss and Panama’s Escenas Award (Best Play of 2007) for “DIVORCIADAS, EVANGÉLICAS Y VEGETARIANAS; from 1990 six Municipal Theater Awards (Caracas, Venezuela), including Best Director in 1998; and the 2016 Aguijón Theater Playwriting Award in Chicago for BRUTALITY.
Ott’s plays have been translated into English, Portuguese, German, French, Danish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Galician, Catalan and Creole.
http://www.gustavoott.com.ar/
RSVP at http://bpt
Space is limited so please save your spot early!
All tickets wil be held at the door.
In Spanish.
The International Playwriting Contest was founded in 2015 by Teatro Aguijón and the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago to increase the number of quality scripts featuring Hispanic play writers. In the second edition, 179 playwrights were submitted by authors from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, España, México, Perú, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Uruguay, the United States and Venezuela. Venezuelan writer Gustavo Ott was awarded first prize for his work “Brutality”
Gustavo Ott (Caracas, Venezuela). Playwright, fiction writer and journalist.
Ott has won several awards including: Juana Sujo (Caracas, 1990); the McLaren Comedy Playwriting Competition (Finalist), for I TAWT I TAW A PUTTY CAT (USA, 1995); Puerto Rico’s Critics’ Award, for LOS PECES CRECEN CON LA LUNA; Best Play, Karzinbarcika Festival (Hungary) and Liverpool Festival (Canada) for PAVLOV; Best Play, MB-Prague Festival 2003 for PASSPORT; Best Play, Yakumo Festival 2007 (Japan) for WET DOG WAITING (BANDOLERO Y MALASANGRE; Venezuela’s Writers’ Circle Award (2001) and First Runner-up, Princess Grace Award-New York (2001) for 80 TEETH, 4 FEET & 500 POUNDS; CELCIT Award (2002) for 80 DIENTES…; Miss and Panama’s Escenas Award (Best Play of 2007) for “DIVORCIADAS, EVANGÉLICAS Y VEGETARIANAS; from 1990 six Municipal Theater Awards (Caracas, Venezuela), including Best Director in 1998; and the 2016 Aguijón Theater Playwriting Award in Chicago for BRUTALITY.
Ott’s plays have been translated into English, Portuguese, German, French, Danish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Galician, Catalan and Creole.
http://www.gustavoott.com.ar/
