Frank Oteri

Frank Oteri

After four years of service in the U.S. Army (1997-2001), Frank A. Oteri decided to trade in his camouflage for a computer and relocate from Connecticut to Colorado to begin his life outside of the military. Upon receiving a Mass Communications degree with a minor in Creative Writing from Colorado State University-Pueblo, he moved to Denver where he has spent the last decade plus writing plays and trying to...
After four years of service in the U.S. Army (1997-2001), Frank A. Oteri decided to trade in his camouflage for a computer and relocate from Connecticut to Colorado to begin his life outside of the military. Upon receiving a Mass Communications degree with a minor in Creative Writing from Colorado State University-Pueblo, he moved to Denver where he has spent the last decade plus writing plays and trying to find an audience for his words. He was recently selected to be part of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts 2020-2021 Playwrights’ Group.

Plays

  • The Isolation of Miss Teyonah Jones
    Teyonah Jones is a transwoman who discovers that her personal traumatic experiences ripple through the larger world in the form of mass-tragedies. This knowledge results in a self-induced isolation that lasts forty-one years and only ends when she loses her last human connection.
  • Nava and the Invisible Dog
    After Coleman Greene (author/illustrator of Inky Do and the Terrible Two’s)
    commits suicide, his daughter Nava comes home for the first time in sixteen years to face
    the childhood she’s tried to forget. Accompanied by Amelia and Clyde (a sibling duo on
    the cusp of estrangement), the group attempts to balance their secrets as they dig through
    Coleman’s belongings. When her friends...
    After Coleman Greene (author/illustrator of Inky Do and the Terrible Two’s)
    commits suicide, his daughter Nava comes home for the first time in sixteen years to face
    the childhood she’s tried to forget. Accompanied by Amelia and Clyde (a sibling duo on
    the cusp of estrangement), the group attempts to balance their secrets as they dig through
    Coleman’s belongings. When her friends discover her paternal lineage, Amelia’s fandom
    for all things Coleman Greene takes over, leading to escalating tensions and the discovery
    of a final story written and illustrated just for Nava. The tale forces Nava to face her
    father’s sanitized version of the childhood trauma that drove her away and come to terms
    with the actual events that led to the sixteen-year estrangement.
  • Always with a Bang
    Caleb Andrews and Lillian Ellingwood are caught in a repetitive post-life loop that begins with a simple question and always ends with a bang. Since making the decision to end their own physical lives, the two are forced to repeat their violent ends upon the ring of a bell. Patterns break as they discover unknown truths about each other’s past until one is left alone for eternity.