Kamran performing in a production of Acting Shakespeare July 2024
Kamran was named as a 2023 Westchester Wunderkind for his extraordinary work as an actor and theater producer, all under the age of 35
He received special recognition for his acting and theater work from Westchester County Legislators David Imamura and Jewel Williams Johnson, who issued a county proclamation naming May 25, 2023, “Kamran Saliani Day.”
KAMRAN SALIANI: ACTOR-MANAGER
KAMRAN SALIANI is the actor-manager of Irvington Shakespeare Company. He received Sir Ian McKellen’s personal blessing to revive Acting Shakespeare, a work that has become the central focus of his artistic mission.
Born in the Bronx and raised in Irvington, New York, Saliani holds a B.F.A. in Drama from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His early credits include Pericles in Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Friar Laurence and Prince Escalus in Romeo & Juliet; Malvolio in Twelfth Night; and Dumaine in Love’s Labour’s Lost. Since 2022, he has devoted himself exclusively to performing Acting Shakespeare.
He was named a 2023 Westchester Wunderkind honoree, was a finalist for Best Artist in Best of Westchester, and has received multiple BroadwayWorld nominations. In 2023, Westchester County officially proclaimed May 25 “Kamran Saliani Day” in recognition of his contributions to theater and the community.