Ruben Sierra(1946-1998)
- Actor
Ruben Sierra was born in 1946 in San Antonio Texas. He was involved in
theater at a very young age. He was a professor at California State
University and the University of Southern California but he spent the
bulk of his career at the University of Washington. He served for more
than a decade there as the director of the school's Ethnic Cultural
Center and Theater. Mr. Sierra was the founding artistic director of
the multicultural Seattle Group Theater and also worked as artistic
director for Teatro Quetzalcoatl and Teatro del Piojo. Mr. Sierra later
went on to Portland State University and helped launch their
Latino-Chicano program and serve as professor of theater arts. He was a
prominent figure in the theater community of the Pacific Northwest and
dircted several plays. He is also the playwright of "When The Blues
Chase up a Rabbit" about a young Chicano fighting prejudice in Texas in
the 1960's. In October 1998 the Chicano-Latino program held its annual
gala in honor of Mr. Sierra, who was too ill to attend. Actor and
friend Edward James Olmos was the keynote speaker.