OMID AKBARI

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 New Haven, CT

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

He also holds an M.F.A  in Theater Design at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, where his recent credits include the Dwight/Edgewood Project, Furlough’s Paradise, and Macbeth. At Yale Rep, he was the scenic designer for Wish You Were Here by Sanaz Toossi in 2023.

Resume / Selected Works:

• 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 / Tehran2019

• Homme Poubelle / Amir Ramezani / Shahrzad Hall / Tehran2019

• Scorched / Alireza KoshkJalali / City Theater Complex / Tehran2019

• B5_6 (2) / Farzam Ranjbar / Hamon Hall / Tehran2019

• The Curious Incident of the Dog / Afsaneh Kamali / Nofel Loshato hall / Tehran2019

• When the Rooster crows wrong / Ali Shams / Iranshahr Theater / Tehran2019

• Doctor’s Day (2) / Farzam Ranjbar / Molavi Hall / 2018

• Antigone / Omid Akbari / International Puppet Festial / Iran2018

• Elephant In the Darkness / Mehrdad Mostafavi / Independent hall / Tehran2018

• Theatre Playing / Ilnaz Shabani / City Theater Complex / Tehran2018

• Your voice is Familiar with me / Fatima Baharmast / Entezami Hall / Tehran2017

• King Lear / Mohammad Aghebati / Iranshahr Theater / Tehran2016

• The Perpendicular flying of / Sima Sheibani / City Theater Complex / Tehran2016

• Emergency Exit / Mehrdad Mostafavi / Arghanon Hall / Tehran2016

• Actors / Erfan Ebrahimi / New Wae Hall / Tehran2016

• Two Points, Straight Line / Kimia Kazemi / Baran Hall / Tehran2016

• B5-6 (1) / Farzam Ranjbar / Molavi  Hall / Tehran2016

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

• Interference / Sima Radan / International Fajr Festival / 2015

• Orfeh’s Look / Amir Ahmad Ghazvini / City Theater Complex / Tehran2014

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Shokoufeh Taheri / City Theater Complex / Tehran2014

• A Hot Fever of T / Reza Reshadat / City Theater Complex / Tehran2013

• Tehran & Belgrade / Faryar Hoseini / Molavi Hall / Tehran2013