{{Infobox musical artist | name = Charles Otte | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|22}} | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, United States | death_date = | origin = | instrument = | genre = Theatrical production and direction,<br /> Theatrical design,<br />Education | occupation = Director/Producer/Educator | years_active = 1980–present | associated_acts = | website = }} '''Charles Otte''' (born May 22, 1956) is an American theatre director, producer, designer and educator. He is best known as a theatre and multi-media director working in New York and Los Angeles.<ref name="zoodistricttheatre.org">{{Cite web |url=http://zoodistricttheatre.org/team-2/charles-otte/ |title=Charlie Otte, Co-Artistic Director : Zoo district theatre |access-date=2010-12-09 |archive-date=2010-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219103522/http://zoodistricttheatre.org/team-2/charles-otte/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Otte was born in Cleveland Ohio. He received a B.A. from the University of Virginia, and an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California.

Otte's theatrical career includes work at the Guthrie Theatre, Lincoln Center, the Alliance Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, La Mama ETC, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall, the Ohio Theatre, and the Open Fist Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/people/faculty_and_staff/faculty/otte.cfm |title=Charles Otte : Department of Theatre and Dance : University of Texas at Austin |accessdate=2010-12-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116190902/http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/people/Faculty_and_Staff/faculty/otte.cfm |archivedate=2010-11-16 }}</ref> From 1984 to 1990 he was the artistic director for Project III Ensemble Theatre and later was artistic director for Mojave Group from 1991 to 1996.<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-23-ca-620-story.html|title = Archives|website = Los Angeles Times| date=23 January 1991 }}</ref> He is currently co-Artistic Director for Zoo District Theatre in Los Angeles.<ref name="zoodistricttheatre.org"/>

Major theatrical productions include James Joyce's The Dead by Richard Nelson, Travesties by Tom Stoppard, Bulgakov's Flight, and Three Penny Opera,<ref name=openfistawards>{{cite web|url=http://www.openfist.org/awards.htm |title=Open Fist Theatre Company - Awards}}</ref> Goose and Tomtom by David Rabe,<ref name="Los Angeles Times"/> Brecht's Baal<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zoodistricttheatre.org/team-2/ |title=Team : Zoo district theatre |access-date=2010-12-09 |archive-date=2010-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203000934/http://zoodistricttheatre.org/team-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Philip Glass’s multi-media opera La Belle et La Bete.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/29/movies/music-review-rehearing-the-philip-glass-score-for-la-belle-et-la-bete.html?pagewanted=all|title = MUSIC REVIEW; Rehearing the Philip Glass Score for 'La Belle et la Bete|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 29 September 1995|last1 = Kozinn|first1 = Allan}}</ref> Additional work with Glass included staging the international tour of Einstein on the Beach (for Robert Wilson)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.philipglass.com/music/recordings/belle_et_la_bete.php |title=Philip Glass: Music: La Belle et la Bête |access-date=2010-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131095948/http://www.philipglass.com/music/recordings/belle_et_la_bete.php |archive-date=2011-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> , staging Songs from Liquid Days, The Civil Wars (again for Wilson), and The Juniper Tree (for Andrei Serban).<ref>http://zoodistricttheatre.org/team-2/charles-otte/|{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Otte produced the CD-ROM game, Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail for 7th Level in 1996<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653095/|title=Charles Otte|website=IMDb}}</ref> and was named one of the Top 100 producers of the year.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} Screenwriting and film directing credits include Blind Faith, I Am Not a Ghost, Mission Invisible, Biography for A&E, and Beer Nutz for HDTV.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653095/|title = Charles Otte|website = IMDb}}</ref>

As a multi-media creative director for BRC Imagination Arts,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brcweb.com/ |title=Home |website=brcweb.com}}</ref> Otte was Co-Creative Director for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brcweb.com/about/museum-exhibit-design.html |title=Museum Exhibit Design &#124; Museum Master Planning &#124; BRC Imagination Arts |access-date=2010-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127045314/http://www.brcweb.com/about/museum-exhibit-design.html |archive-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in Illinois where he created stage/film productions, historical interactive kiosks, and oversaw copy and design elements. The museum occupies two city blocks and includes such high level artifacts as the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address within the collection. Also produced by BRC, his production of The Star of Destiny<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/showtimes/spirit_theater.html |title=The Story of Texas - Texas Spirit Theater |accessdate=2010-12-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114170811/http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/showtimes/spirit_theater.html |archivedate=2011-01-14 }}</ref> is on permanent exhibit in the Texas State History Museum in Austin. His work can also be seen at Lotte World<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lotteworld.com/Global_eng/Main.asp |title=A WORLD OF MAGIC AND FANTASY - LOTTEWORLD |accessdate=2010-12-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405061643/http://www.lotteworld.com/Global_eng/Main.asp |archivedate=2013-04-05 }}</ref> in Seoul, Korea, and at Resorts World<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rwsentosa.com/ |title=Home |website=rwsentosa.com}}</ref> in Singapore.

Otte received the Themed Entertainment Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2002 for the Star of Destiny,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://livedesignonline.com/news/show_business_theas_awards_honor/| title=Thea Awards to Honor Themed Entertainment Industry Winners| author=Liz French| date=23 September 2002| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107111056/http://livedesignonline.com/news/show_business_theas_awards_honor| archive-date=7 November 2014}}</ref> and again in 2006 for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themeit.com/thea_12annual/lincoln.pdf |title=Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum - 12th Annual Thea Awards |url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318211750/http://www.themeit.com/thea_12annual/lincoln.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2006}}</ref> He has received the LA Weekly Award for comedy direction for Travesties,<ref>http://www.backstage.com/bso/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003787016{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and been nominated on numerous occasions.<ref name=openfistawards/>

Otte is currently on the faculty at the Savannah College of Art and Design<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scad.edu/academics/programs/themed-entertainment-design/faculty |title=A faculty of themed entertainment design professionals}}</ref> teaching Themed Entertainment Design.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scad.edu/academics/faculty/ray-charles-otte |title=Ray Charles Otte - Themed entertainment design professor |access-date=2018-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201027/https://www.scad.edu/academics/faculty/ray-charles-otte |archive-date=2018-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://zoodistricttheatre.org/team-2/charles-otte/ Zoo District Theatre Company] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101116190902/http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/people/Faculty_and_Staff/faculty/otte.cfm University of Texas at Austin] * {{IMDb name|0653095}}

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