S A R I T A O C Ó N
ACTOR & PRODUCING ARTIST, AEA
S A R I T A O C Ó N
is an award winning actor, community activist, and producing artist, dedicated to giving voice to the stories of marginalized, underrepresented communities. A fierce creative warrior, collaborating on various projects throughout the country.
T H E A T R I C A L C R E D I T S
New York: PLACAS (Off Broadway | Puerto Rican Traveling Theater)
Regional: Men on Boats (American Conservatory Theater); The River Bride (Arizona Theatre Company); Quixote Nuevo, Everybody, The War of the Roses, Twelfth Night (California Shakespeare Theater); Quixote Nuevo (Huntington Theatre); The Copper Children (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Life of Galileo, Leaving Eden, The Crucible (PlayMakers Repertory); A Streetcar Named Desire, To The Bone, Othello, Waiting For Lefty (Oakland Theater Project); PLACAS (South Coast Repertory, Los Angeles Theatre Center, CASA 0101, Gala Hispanic Theater, Su Teatro, SF International Arts Festival, Crest Theater, Living Arts Tulsa); Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (San Francisco Playhouse); Ghost Light (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); The Great Divide (Shotgun Players); Night Over Erzinga (Golden Thread Productions); Ghosts of the River (ShadowLight Productions); The House on Mango Street, School of the Americas, Visitor's Guide to Arivaca, Dog Lady / Evening Star, La Victima (Teatro Visión) and many others.
She is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA). Company member of HERO Theatre in Los Angeles and the Oakland Theater Project (formerly Ubuntu Theater Project) in Oakland. She is a co-founding member of the Bay Area Latinx Theatre Artists Network. Sarita holds a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity from Stanford University.
Photo by Eric Michael Roy
Awards & Honors
2018 - 2020 Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship, in partnership with PlayMakers Repertory Company
2018 Akonadi Foundation Beloved Community Fund Award
2017 Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists Award
2017 California Arts Council Local Impact Award
2016 RHE Charitable Foundation Artistic Fellowship, in partnership with Theatre Bay Area
2016 Creative Capacity Award
Featured Press
American Theatre
TCG Announces 12th Round of Fox Foundation Actor Fellows
The new cohort includes Shawn Hamilton, Phillip Luna, Esteban Andres Cruz, Celeste Den, Autumn Ness, Sarita Ocón, and Nicky Paraiso.
NEW YORK CITY: The William & Eva Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group (TCG) have announced the 12th round of Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships recipients.
Read Article Here
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Broadway World
Broadway World: 2016 Theatre Bay Area Awards Celebration
Theatre Bay Area, in partnership with the RHE Charitable Foundation, awards The 2016 RHE Artistic Fellowship to activist and theatre practitioner, Sarita Ocón. Read about the honor here >>
Theatre Bay Area
Keep An Eye On: Sarita Ocón
Oakland-based actor Sarita Ocón has a knack for choosing projects that combine artistry with activism and
deep social impact. Read the interview >>
American Theatre
Sarita Ocón Receives 2016 RHE Artistic Fellowship
The theatre artist and activist will receive a cash prize of $10,000 in December. Read the article here >>
NYC Regional Convening Latinx Theatre Commons
Sarita was among the 65 national Latinx Theatre Artists traveling to New York City to participate in the
NYC Latina/o Theatre Commons Convening
Productions
World Premiere by Mike Wilely Directed by Vivienne Benesch PlayMakers Repertory Company 2018 Photo Cred: Ken Huth
World Premiere by Mike Wilely Directed by Vivienne Benesch PlayMakers Repertory Company 2018 Photo Cred: Ken Huth
World Premiere by Adam Chanzit Directed by Mina Morita Shotgun Players 2012 Photo Cred: Pak Han
World Premiere by Mike Wilely Directed by Vivienne Benesch PlayMakers Repertory Company 2018 Photo Cred: Ken Huth
Buzz
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Ubuntu Theater Project
"Perhaps most striking of all is Ocón's Stella, which blends the deep-rooted goodness of Olivia de Havilland with the lasciviousness of trailer trash."
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
THE RIVER BRIDE
Arizona Theatre Company
"As Helena, Sarita Ocón evokes a deep sense of beauty and care beneath this young woman's profound hurt and heartbreak."
TALKIN' BROADWAY
THE CRUCIBLE
PlayMakers Repertory Company
"Under Chiang's direction, Cornell, Shafir, Altman, and Ocón stage a riveting courtroom confrontation that deftly sets up The Crucible's tragic endgame."
INDY WEEK
OTHELLO
Ubuntu Theater Project
"But it's the women who are the real hereos of this production.
Sarita Ocón carries much of the drama of the tragic conclusion as the straight-talking Emilia, Iago's wife and Desdemona's servant, formidable in her fury at the monstrous goings-on."
THE MERCURY NEWS
OTHELLO
Ubuntu Theater Project
"By the end, we remember the women who transform the worlds of Venice and Cyprus: Desdemona is Reason, Emilia is Equity, and Bianca is Honesty, each one a rebel against Venice's patriarchy, elements of a rational world to come."
"...Emilia, a smart and strong Sarita Ocón..."
THEATRESTORM
QUIXOTE NUEVO
California Shakespeare Theater
"As the sun sets at Cal Shakes, Dulcinea becomes a living idol, embodied by Sarita Ocón with astonishing poise."
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THEATRIUS
THE RIVER BRIDE
Arizona Theatre Company
"Sarita Ocón's Helena carried the injury of lost love, as well as the fear that a broken heart can launch, with authority. Her transition from a young woman full of regrets to one full of hope and then back to regrets was seamless."
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
EVERYBODY
California Shakespeare Theater
"This modernized 'Everybody,' with
an interchangeable leading role called 'Everybody,' underlines our loss of hope, our inability to care for Other Somebodies. Five Somebodies are brilliantly portrayed by Stacy Ross, Lance Gardner, Sarita Ocón, Jenny Nelson, and Jomar Tagatac.
The impressive Sarita Ocón chose Kinship and Beauty. Ocón plays each role precisely and persuasively, as always."
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THEATRIUS
MEN ON BOATS
American Conservatory Theater
"...companion William Dunn played with earnest seriousness by Sarita Ocón."
BROADWAY WORLD
THE CRUCIBLE
PlayMakers Repertory Company
"Guest Artists Ariel Shafir and Sarita Ocón as John and Elizabeth Proctor put the fire under this crucible."
"Shafir and Ocón make all this pain and stuggle piercingly believable ... very fine acting, subtle, well-vocalized, and free of histrionics, and their intmate battle and detente, as the Proctor's, bring the meaning of the larger story into terrifying focus."
MEN ON BOATS
American Conservatory Theater
"Sarita Ocón's William Dunn personifies passion, self-assurance and pragmatism."
THE BROADWAY BLOG
THE FIVE POINTS STAR BLOG
PLACAS
Los Angeles Theater Center
"The excellent protean actor Sarita Ocón disappears into her characters as the fierce, limping mother of Fausto and abuela to Edgar. She also scores a jittery, violent, teenaged gangster girl, named Bugsy, and a therapist, Liz, who, in an intense moment of existential angst, reveals her own worries - a sister who has fallen in with a gang. The multi-talented Ocón also designed the show's tattoos."
MEN ON BOATS
American Conservatory Theater
"Within minutes -- thanks to the vibrant acting and expressive agility of the cast -- you believe that these actors are men and these sticks of furniture are boats.
And that is just the beginning of the suspension of disbelief. The play, directed by Tamilla Woodard, is a raucous, rollicking journey through treacherous whitewater rapids in search of a canyon that turns out to be truly grand."
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PAUL MYRVOLD, LOS ANGELES
