Sassan Saffari

Sassan Saffari is half Persian and half English Scottish Irish French Norwegian Finnish Swedish Danish A lot of halves He was born and raised in Boston MA His Grandmother Edith Conklin Weaver a painter poet and lover of art had a profound impact on his life work and growth as an artist His college years were spent honing his craft in San Diego at his alma mater MiraCosta College Theatre Throughout his time in the program he was fortunate enough to win scholarships and awards through the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and had the opportunity of performing in over thirty productions in San Diego professionally and at his college Through the Kennedy Center he studied at Steppenwolf West with Laurie Metcalf Jeff Perry French Stewart David Razowsky Kim Rubinstein Alexandra Billings and countless others whom guided him to be the versatile actor he is today He was also invited to The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a guest artist and award winner