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Omar Varela

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Omar Varela
Varela in 2019
Born(1957-10-15)15 October 1957
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died6 December 2022(2022-12-06) (aged 65)
Alma materMargarita Xirgu Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright, theater director, teacher
AwardsIris Award

Omar Varela (15 October 1957 – 6 December 2022) was a Uruguayan actor, director, playwright, and teacher, the founder of the theater company Italia Fausta.[1][2]

Biography

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Omar Varela settled in Brazil, after having been part of the stable cast of the Comedia Nacional [es]. He graduated from the Margarita Xirgu Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art in Montevideo.[3] He directed plays and musicals such as Mi bella dama, Ópera do Malandro, and ¿Quién le teme a Italia Fausta? (with Petru Valensky, this masterpiece 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 Yo me llamo [es] during its 2014 and 2015 seasons.[4]

Varela won the Iris Award in 2003.[5]

Varela died from complications of Parkinson's disease on 6 December 2022, at the age of 65.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Que siga la función" [Follow the Function]. El País (in Spanish). 2 January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ Arias, Jorge (29 May 2010). "Omar Varela: nuestro mejor comediógrafo" [Omar Varela: Our Best Comedian]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Omar Varela" (in Spanish). Dramaturgia Uruguaya. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Los Iris de Oro" (in Spanish). Iris Award. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Falleció Omar Varela, actor, dramaturgo, director y figura clave del teatro uruguayo". El País. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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