Omar Sangare

Who is Omar Sangare?

Omar Sangare is a Polish actor and director, who graduated from the The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, where he studied with the Oscar winning director, Andrzej Wajda. In 1994 he was awarded a scholarship to The British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England. While there he worked with Derek Jacobi, Alan Rickman, Michael Kahn, and Jeremy Irons. In 2006, Sangare received his Ph.D. from the Theater Academy in Warsaw. Sangare taught at UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, Wesleyan University, and Westmont College. Currently, he teaches in the Department of Theatre at Williams College. In 2007, he became founder and artistic director of the Dialogue ONE, International Festival for solo performances at WilliamsTheatre. He is also a leader of the United Solo theatre project in New York City which began in 2010..

He holds many film, television, and radio credits. For his one-man drama True Theater Critic, he was voted The Best in Acting by the New York International Fringe Festival in 1997. The same year Sangare was invited to the Jerzy Grotowski Theater in Wroclaw, Poland, where he won four prizes at the Theater Festival. His award-winning monodrama was presented in Poland, Canada, England, Ukraine, Germany, and the United States. Recently, acclaimed by the press for his lead part in the Arena Players Repertory Theater production of Othello. Barbara Delatiner included the distinct conclusion in her article for The New York Times, that Sangare was "born to play Othello."