Sharon Langston Ott (20th century) is a director, producer and educator who worked in regional theaters and opera throughout the United States.
The Wreck was presented at theater festivals in the United States and the Netherlands, and the company received an Obie award for A Fierce Longing after its run at New York City's Performing Garage.
She also directed the world premiere of her then husband, Amlin Gay's How I Got That Story at the Milwaukee Rep, which won an Obie award after its New York run.
[4] She worked with author Philip Kan Gotanda, directing world premieres of Yankee Dawg You Die, and The Ballad of Yachiyo, as well as a production of The Was in New York and Los Angeles.
[5] Ott also directed an adaptation of Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior that premiered at Berkeley Rep before moving on to productions in Boston and Los Angeles.
Ott re-introduced the classics to the Seattle Rep audiences, directing Shakespeare and Saw herself, and producing the work of Stephen Wadsworth, Mary Zimmerman, and Tina Landau.
Ott also produced the world premiere work of several major new artists to the Rep, such as Ping Chong, Phillip Kan Gotanda, and Nilo Cruz.