Omid Akbari he/him/his was recently named THE 2024 BURRY FREDRIK DESIGN FELLOW (ClICK HERE), is a freelance scenic designer and costume concept artist based in NYC

He holds an M.F.A in Theater Design at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. His recent credits include: Playhouse on Park: The Irish… Juilliard: The Seven; Shakespeare & Company: Three Tall Persian Women; Iseman Theatre: Furlough’s Paradise; and Macbeth. At Yale Rep, he was the scenic designer for Wish You Were Here by Sanaz Toossi in 2023.

He started his career in Iran, where he received his bachelor’s degree in set design from the Tehran University of Art.

RESUME / SELECTED WORKS:

• Iraq, But Funny / Dalia Ashurina / Lookingglass Theater / Upcoming / Chicago, IL May 2025

• Unbecoming Tragedy / Cheyenne Barboza / Long Wharf Theater / Upcoming / New Haven, CT May 2025

• The Life You Gave Me / Hamid Dehghani / Boise Contemporary Theater / Upcoming / Boise, ID April 2025

• The Irish and How They Got That Way / Danielle Paccione / Playhouse Theatre Group / Upcoming / West Hartford, CT March 2025

• The Seven / Raz Golden / Juilliard Drama Theater / New York, Dec 2024

• Three Tall Persian Women / Dalia Ashurina / Shakespeare & Company / Lenox, MA 2024

• Eugene O’Neill Theater Center / O’Neill Theater Center / Waterford, CT 2024

• Wish You Were Here / Sivan Battat / Yale Repertory Theatre / New Haven 2023

• Dwight/Edgewood Project / Yale Cabaret / New Haven 2023

• Furlough’s Paradise / Leyla Levi / Iseman Theatre / New Haven 2023

• Macbeth / Bobbin Ramsey / Iseman Theatre / New Haven 2023

• This is a confession / Shadi Asadpor / Nofel Loshato Hall / Tehran 2019

• Homme Poubelle / Amir Ramezani / Shahrzad Hall / Tehran 2019

• Scorched / Alireza KoshkJalali / City Theater Complex / Tehran 2019

• B5_6 / Farzam Ranjbar / Hamon Hall / Tehran 2019

• The Curious Incident of the Dog / Afsaneh Kamali / Nofel Loshato Hall / Tehran 2019

• When the Rooster Crows Wrong / Ali Shams / Iranshahr Theater / Tehran 2019

• Doctor’s Day / Farzam Ranjbar / Molavi Hall / Tehran 2018

• Antigone / Omid Akbari / International Puppet Festival / Tehran 2018

• Elephant In the Darkness / Mehrdad Mostafavi / Independent Hall / Tehran 2018

• Theatre Playing / Ilnaz Shabani / City Theater Complex / Tehran 2018

• Your voice is Familiar to me / Fatima Baharmast / Entezami Hall / Tehran 2017

• King Lear / Mohammad Aghebati / Iranshahr Theater / Tehran 2016

• The Perpendicular flying of / Sima Sheibani / City Theater Complex / Tehran 2016

• Emergency Exit / Mehrdad Mostafavi / Arghanon Hall / Tehran 2016

• Actors / Erfan Ebrahimi / New Wave Hall / Tehran 2016

• Two Points, Straight Line / Kimia Kazemi / Baran Hall / Tehran 2016

• I Was King Richard / Mohammad Aghebati / International Fajr Festival / Tehran 2016

• Orfeh’s Look / Amir Ahmad Ghazvini / City Theater Complex / Tehran 2014

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Shokoufeh Taheri / City Theater Complex / Tehran 2014

• A Hot Fever of T / Reza Reshadat / City Theater Complex / Tehran 2013

• Tehran & Belgrade / Faryar Hoseini / Molavi Hall / Tehran 2013