Sterling Houston

Sterling Houston (1945 - Nọvemba 8, 2006) bụ onye odee egwu, onye na-eme ihe nkiri, onye na-agụ egwu na onye edemede ama ama maka ọrụ nkọwa mmekọrịta ọha na eze na-enyocha njirimara ojii na nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke. Egwuregwu ya gụnyere ọtụtụ ụdị ihe nkiri, gụnyere egwu, ihe nkiri na ihe ọchị. O dekwara ọtụtụ akwụkwọ akụkọ ifo na ndị na-abụghị akụkọ ifo. The Gay & Lesbian Review article March-April 2007

 Ndụ na ọrụ 
Amụrụ na 1945 na San Antonio, Texas, Houston mechara kwaga na ndịda California, ebe ọ gara Los Angeles City College ruo 1964, mgbe ọ hapụrụ California gaa New York City ka ọ mụọ ihe nkiri. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ ruo ọtụtụ afọ na-eme ihe na mpụga-Broadway na Playhouse of Ridiculous Theatre. Na 1968 ọ laghachiri California, biri na San Francisco ya na onye ọrụ ibe ya Larry Neal. Site na 1968 ruo 1977 ya na Neal rụrụ dị ka ìgwè Fleshtones. Site na 1978 ruo 1981 ọ rụrụ ọrụ maka Ụlọ ihe nkiri Ime Anwansi na San Francisco. Ọ laghachiri na San Antonio na 1981 ka ọ rụọ ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ njem nke ezinụlọ ya. Na 1988, ọ tinyere aka na Jump-Start Performance Co., otu obere ụlọ ihe nkiri na San Antonio. 

Houston kụziri n'ọtụtụ kọleji na mahadum, ma gosipụta ya na nnọkọ na ụlọ ihe nkiri, nka na inye onyinye ide . 

Ọ nwụrụ na San Antonio na Nọvemba 8, 2006. Na Septemba 2009, Jump-Start Performance Co. kpọrọ ebe arụmọrụ ya Sterling Houston Theatre. 

 Na-arụ ọrụ 
N'ime ihe nkiri Houston bụ: 

 A'Lelia (ihe egwu gbasara A'Lelia Walker nke Lary Neal dere)
 Wheel ịnya ụgbọ ala
 Mmekọrịta: Ọ dị mma na ọ bụghị ezigbo mma
 La Frontera
 Nnukwu odo 'Rose
 Isis na Nubia
 Santo Negro
 Na Pulse nke ụtụtụ (mmekọrịta ya na Maya Angelou )
 Black Lily, White Lily
 Ihe ngosi Alien/Kool Jams '99
 Ezitere ozi
 Cameoland
 Miranda Rites
 Le Griffon
 Nwanyị

 Ihe nrite 
Ọtụtụ nkwanye ugwu nke Houston gụnyere 1991 Artist of the Year award from San Antonio Business Committee for Arts, 1992 Artist of the Year Award from the San Antonio Light akwụkwọ akụkọ, 1997 Arts and Letters Award from the San Antonio Public Library, A Guide to the Sterling Houston Papers, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries (UTSA Libraries) Special Collections. na ntinye aka na 1997 sitere na Texas State Legislature maka onyinye ya na ndụ omenala Texas. 

Ọtụtụ n'ime ihe nkiri ya nwetakwara ihe nrite na nhọpụta ihe nkiri mpaghara, na 2003 Cameoland kpọrọ aha otu n'ime egwuregwu iri kacha mma n'afọ nke akwụkwọ akụkọ San Antonio Express News .  Na 1995, Houston bụ otu n'ime ndị guzobere San Antonio Theater Coalition (SATCO) wee bụrụ onye isi ya emeritus. 

 Ntụaka 
Committee for Arts, 1992 Artist of the Year Award from the San Antonio Light akwụkwọ akụkọ,rụọ ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ njem nke ezinụlọ ya. Na 1988, ọ tinyere