Jaroslaw Strzemien
Actor, director, educator
Born Oct. 25,1938, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1970; son of Mieczyslaw and Walentyna (Czeladin); children: Anya, Andre.
Education: diploma (in acting), Byrski Theater Study, Kielce (Poland), 1958; Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) (in directing), Yale School of Drama, New Haven (CT), 1975.
Career: actor, theaters, Kielce, Lublin, Zielona Gora, Poznan (Poland), 1958-68; broadcaster, French National Radio, Paris, 1968-70; assistant prof. (theater), University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1976-83; actor, Broadway, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), American Broadcasting Company (ABC), New York City, 1983-87; associate prof. (theater), 1987-93, prof., 1993 -, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain.
Author: play translator, Wings, 1982; actor, Agent on Ice (film), 1984, End of the World (play on Broadway), 1985, The Equalizer, One Life to Life, and Guiding Light (TV plays), 1986, Streets of Gold (film), 1987, I, Lech Walesa (one-man show), 1991.
Member of: Actors Equity Association; Screen Actors Guild; American Federation of TV and Radio Artists; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Polish Cultural Club, Hartford (CT).
Honors: Advanced Standing award, Yale School of Drama, 1975; grant, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1978; artist - in - residence, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 1988; faculty development grant, 1989, faculty research award, 1990, Central Connecticut State University.
Languages: Polish, English, French, Russian.
Hobbies: travel, sea kayaking, skiing.
Home: 14 Woodland Avenue, Bloomfield, CT 06002.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.