Oluwaseun Kayodè Soyemi is a first-generation Nigerian-American actor, writer, and producer. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised in Atlanta, GA, he now lives in Harlem, New York.
Kayodè is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama MFA Acting program, where he was a Hoenig Theatre Artist Fellow, a Connecticut Artist Fellow and a Jerome L. Greene Fellow. During his time at Yale, he served as Co-Producing Artistic Director at Yale Cabaret, co-leader of FOLKS, and a producer at the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media. He is an alumnus of The Orchard Project: Greenhouse Lab, Chautauqua Theatre Company, and the Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Before Yale he went to the HSPVA Cobb County Center for Excellence in Performing Arts and received his BFA from SMU's Meadows School of the Arts.
Kayodè is known for playing characters with extraordinary physical and emotional dexterity. As a writer, he creates Afro-surrealist dark comedies and pop-culture satires that use language and world history to explore charged themes within the Black experience. He has produced works for the stage and contributed to independent film projects across the country. Through his production company, The Well, he continues to develop, consult, and collaborate on original works across theatre and film.
