Omar Varela
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Born | Montevideo, Uruguay | 15 October 1957
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Occupation | Actor, playwright, theater director, teacher |
Awards | Iris Award |
Omar Varela (born 15 October 1957) is a Uruguayan actor, director, playwright, and teacher, the founder of the theater company Italia Fausta.[1][2]
Biography[]
Omar Varela settled in Brazil, after having been part of the stable cast of the . He graduated from the in Montevideo.[3] He directed plays and musicals such as Mi bella dama, Ópera do Malandro, and ¿Quién le teme a Italia Fausta? (which ran for more than 10 years). In addition, he was one of the founding pioneers of children's theater in Uruguay. He was a juror on the Teledoce talent show during its 2014 and 2015 seasons.[4]
He won the Iris Award in 2003.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Que siga la función" [Follow the Function]. El País (in Spanish). 2 January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Arias, Jorge (29 May 2010). "Omar Varela: nuestro mejor comediógrafo" [Omar Varela: Our Best Comedian]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Omar Varela" (in Spanish). Dramaturgia Uruguaya. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Fumero, Walter (4 August 2015). "Sebastián Burgues participará en el concurso del programa Yo me llamo" [Sebastián Burgues Will Participate in the Contest of the Program Yo me llamo]. El Acontecer (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Los Iris de Oro" (in Spanish). Iris Award. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
External links[]
- Page at Italia Fausta theater company at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 March 2016)
Categories:
- 1957 births
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Uruguayan male actors
- 21st-century dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Uruguayan male actors
- Living people
- Male actors from Montevideo
- Uruguayan dramatists and playwrights
- Uruguayan educators
- Uruguayan male stage actors
- Uruguayan theatre directors