Comments on: Sterling Houston Biography 1945 – 2006 http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/ Experimental theater from San Antonio, Texas. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gemini Ink » Blog Archive » Feb 15th,16th and 17th: Kingston and Black and Blue http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-106817 Gemini Ink » Blog Archive » Feb 15th,16th and 17th: Kingston and Black and Blue Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:52:05 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-106817 [...] Luanda demonstrated why each are award winning artists. The night ended in a standing ovation.  Sterling Houston, the writer is specific in showing the injustice and sadness yet still showing people living life [...] [...] Luanda demonstrated why each are award winning artists. The night ended in a standing ovation.  Sterling Houston, the writer is specific in showing the injustice and sadness yet still showing people living life [...]

]]> By: bop nam http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-94006 bop nam Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:52:27 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-94006 Houston did not limit himself to theater and published several works of prose including "Moan Your Mourners," a semi-autobiographical novella published in 1994 by La Voz De Esperanza in San Antonio. His first novel, Le Griffon, was a re-telling of the Frankenstein myth set in ante-bellum New Orleans and published by Pecan Grove Press in 1999. A volume of Houston’s selected plays titled Four Plays by Sterling Houston was published in 1998 by Urban Communications, Inc. and rereleased in 2005 by University of North Texas Press as Myth, Magic, and Farce: Four Multicultural Plays Houston's was working on The Secret Oral Teachings of the Sacred Walking Blues, a fictionalized family history based on family stories, and his own experiences in New York, San Francisco <a href="http://longcareinsurance.org/" rel="nofollow">and</a> San Antonio, at the time of his death. Houston did not limit himself to theater and published several works of prose including “Moan Your Mourners,” a semi-autobiographical novella published in 1994 by La Voz De Esperanza in San Antonio. His first novel, Le Griffon, was a re-telling of the Frankenstein myth set in ante-bellum New Orleans and published by Pecan Grove Press in 1999. A volume of Houston’s selected plays titled Four Plays by Sterling Houston was published in 1998 by Urban Communications, Inc. and rereleased in 2005 by University of North Texas Press as Myth, Magic, and Farce: Four Multicultural Plays Houston’s was working on The Secret Oral Teachings of the Sacred Walking Blues, a fictionalized family history based on family stories, and his own experiences in New York, San Francisco and San Antonio, at the time of his death.

]]> By: Christine Barker Smythe http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-61483 Christine Barker Smythe Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:51:20 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-61483 i am so sorry to hear that Sterling died in 2006. I had the pleasure of working with him in the early 1980s in a Tennessee Williams play at Actor's Theatre of San Antonio - In A Bar in a Tokyo Hotel. I remember he loaned me his sister's hat for the production. He was very kind to a newbie on the stage. I am so pleased that he was able to accomplish so much in his short life. i am so sorry to hear that Sterling died in 2006. I had the pleasure of working with him in the early 1980s in a Tennessee Williams play at Actor’s Theatre of San Antonio – In A Bar in a Tokyo Hotel. I remember he loaned me his sister’s hat for the production. He was very kind to a newbie on the stage. I am so pleased that he was able to accomplish so much in his short life.

]]> By: Lorinda http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-56963 Lorinda Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:37:20 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-56963 It is July 2009. I didn't get to go to Sterling's memorial because of a job I finally quit March the year after Sterling died. At the time I felt that I hadn't known him very well. But everytime I ran into Sterling over the course of about 15 years he always remembered me---by name and things about me that I found remarkable because we didn't know each other well. I figued he was just one of those rare individuals who always treated everyone special and remembered something about them. And I think that was true of him. Finally, last year I remembered where we must have orignally met but more important I remembered fragments of that original conversation which had to do with each of our family members. That must have stuck with him all those years everytime he saw me. He picked up the conversation like it had been days not months since I had seen him last. That is Remarkable! Lorinda-Marlene It is July 2009. I didn’t get to go to Sterling’s memorial because of a job I finally quit March the year after Sterling died. At the time I felt that I hadn’t known him very well. But everytime I ran into Sterling over the course of about 15 years he always remembered me—by name and things about me that I found remarkable because we didn’t know each other well. I figued he was just one of those rare individuals who always treated everyone special and remembered something about them. And I think that was true of him. Finally, last year I remembered where we must have orignally met but more important I remembered fragments of that original conversation which had to do with each of our family members. That must have stuck with him all those years everytime he saw me. He picked up the conversation like it had been days not months since I had seen him last. That is Remarkable! Lorinda-Marlene

]]> By: Chris Guerrero http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-31740 Chris Guerrero Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:30:53 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-31740 I came across this site after just learning that Sterling had passed away in 2006. I am a born and raised San Antonio native that has been living in Las Vegas for the last 3 years. I must say I am shocked and saddened to hear of Sterling's passing. I had the wonderful opportunity to work with Sterling at Jump Start in 1999 when La Frontera was being revived. I was the musician that recorded all the music for the show and got to work with him on a day-to-day basis. A true genius in every sense of the word and a class-act. Sterling, San Antonio will miss you, but be a better place because of you. -Chris M. Guerrero Cape Town, South Africa I came across this site after just learning that Sterling had passed away in 2006. I am a born and raised San Antonio native that has been living in Las Vegas for the last 3 years. I must say I am shocked and saddened to hear of Sterling’s passing. I had the wonderful opportunity to work with Sterling at Jump Start in 1999 when La Frontera was being revived. I was the musician that recorded all the music for the show and got to work with him on a day-to-day basis. A true genius in every sense of the word and a class-act. Sterling, San Antonio will miss you, but be a better place because of you.

-Chris M. Guerrero

Cape Town, South Africa

]]> By: OVGuillermo http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-22926 OVGuillermo Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:51:22 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-22926 Thank you for your site. I have found here much useful information. Good site ! ;) Thank you for your site. I have found here much useful information.
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]]> By: Daniel http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-21686 Daniel Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:25:19 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-21686 I couldn't understand some parts of this article Sterling Houston Biography 1945 - 2006, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting. I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Sterling Houston Biography 1945 – 2006, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

]]> By: Allana http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-12700 Allana Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:07:30 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-12700 a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"></a> a href=”http://photobucket.com” target=”_blank”>

]]> By: Allana http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-12699 Allana Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:06:49 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-12699 i love and miss my uncle more and more everyday... But now i have a new Sterling... i love and miss my uncle more and more everyday… But now i have a new Sterling…

]]> By: Tony Valenzuela http://jump-start.org/2006/11/13/sterling-houston-biography-1945-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-6395 Tony Valenzuela Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:01:26 +0000 http://jump-start.org/?p=191#comment-6395 To whom it may concern: I am working with the Lambda Literary Awards and this year we are producing an "In Memoriam" segment of important LGBT writers who passed away in 2006. We are of course paying tribute to Sterling Houston. I'm wondering if you might contact me. I need a high resolution photograph of him in order to project onto a large screen, either e-mailed (300 dpi, about 800x1200 pixels) or mailed to me. I have found no other way to contact someone close to Mr. Houston. Could you help? Thank you To whom it may concern:

I am working with the Lambda Literary Awards and this year we are producing an “In Memoriam” segment of important LGBT writers who passed away in 2006. We are of course paying tribute to Sterling Houston. I’m wondering if you might contact me. I need a high resolution photograph of him in order to project onto a large screen, either e-mailed (300 dpi, about 800×1200 pixels) or mailed to me. I have found no other way to contact someone close to Mr. Houston. Could you help?

Thank you

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