TAMIR
TAMIR (Soothsayer in Fragments of Outside) is an actress/playwright/dancer. Previous WAM Theatre Credits: Escaped Alone (Fresh Takes Play Reading). Selected Theatre Credits Elsewhere: Created five one-woman shows In the Land of Israel (based on the book by Amos Oz). I Belong Elsewhere (nine women’s stories of alienation, at request of author Amos Oz). Poetry on Prayer (an interfaith celebration of poetry from around the word on the subject of prayer), The Way of the Heart, (ecstatic poetry and Sufi teaching stories of Rumi with Persian music), Now (addresses suicide). Performed at La MaMa, Village gate, over fifty theaters around the country. Favorite roles include: Bernarda in Bernarda Alba, the title role in Medea and Maria Callas in Master Class. TV: Fleishman is in Trouble, Law and Order; Tarab (Independent film) shown at BAFF; RAMY – Hulu; Jessica Jones – Netflix. Voice-over Credits: TAMIR has recorded over twenty books of fiction and poetry. Selected Training: Masters in playwriting, and MA in TESOL. Acting training includes: Ada Brown Mather, Shakespeare & Co Intensives, Voice training with Kristen Linklater and Vocal Awareness with Arthur Joseph. Awards: Now nominated for Berkie – excellence in solo performance. Barrymore award for best ensemble Vilna’s Got a Golem. Pinnacle Diamond, best supporting actress in the film Tarab. Member of Berkshire Voices playwriting group. Final Word: “Years ago I was part of Anna Halpern’s SF Dancers’ Workshop and we created devised theatre that was site specific and also performed at the Mark Taper Forum in LA. It feels like walking through the looking glass to be doing so again with the shimmering Genée.” Contact: www.actresstamir.com
