Education
In 2006, Sangare received his Doctor of Philosophy from the Theater Academy in Warsaw.
In 2006, Sangare received his Doctor of Philosophy from the Theater Academy in Warsaw.
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. Sangare taught at University of California, Los Angeles, UCSB, University of California, San Diego, Wesleyan University, and Westmont College.
Currently, he teaches in the Department of Theatre at Williams College.
He is also a leader of the United Solo theatre project in New York City which began in 2010. (website). He holds many film, television, and radio credits.
Foreign his one-man drama True Theater Critic, he was voted The Best in Acting by the New York International Fringe Festival in 1997. 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."
Sangare"s published literary works include two books of poetry: Postscriptum and Landscape of the Soul, collections of short stories titled Tales for Old Horse, and Tales for Black Sheep as well as many essays and articles for various magazines and newspapers in Poland. Accompanied by great American writers such as Robert Pinsky, and Susan Sontag he promoted Polish literature in the United States. In 2003, he released his first solo album, Ontario. He also recorded Polish Christmas Carols for television station TVP1 in Poland.
In 2005 he published Tales for Decent Manitoba
Both Tales for Old Horse and Tales for Black Sheep are bestsellers in Poland. His recent publication is "Othello.
Pale from Envy" which is a book version of his doctoral thesis. Omar Sangare has been selected by the United States. Department of State for a video project that appeared as part of President Obama’s trip to Poland in May 2011, as one of "prominent Polish Americans who are proud of their heritage while having an impact on America’s social and cultural fabric."
He is a cousin of a Malian singer Oumou Sangare.