The eleventh annual Otto René Castillo Awards for Political Theatre were hosted by the Castillo Theatre on Sunday, May 17, 2009.  The following artists and companies were honored:

• Los Angeles Poverty Department
• Roadside Theater
• Ntozake Shange
• Street Spirits Theatre Company
• Teatro Visión

The twelfth annual Otto René Castillo Awards for Political Theatre will be held on Sunday, May 23, 2010.  For more information about the awards, please contact Diane Stiles at 212-356-8412.

Otto Award sculptures: 1998-present from David Nackman on Vimeo.

Otto Awards News

July / August 2004
from American Theatre
Awards and Prizes
Announcement of the 2004 Otto Award Recipients

June 02, 2004
from The New York Sun
Broadway After Dark
“It is a great honor to join the list of past and present recipients of the Otto Award,” veteran awardwinning actress Kathleen Chalfant told the Sun...”

May 20, 2003
from The San Francisco Chronicle
Theatre Section, by Robert Hurwitt
“Honors among thespians: The San Francisco Mime Troupe will be one of five recipients — with actor-director Joseph Chaikin — of the fifth annual Otto Awards for Political Theatre...