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César Sierra:
Author and director from Caracas, Venezuela, with a degree in Theatrical
Production from the University Institute of Theater in Caracas. He began his
career as a child actor in the Lily Alvarez Sierra Company. In 1984 he debuted
as an author and playwright, receiving a surprise award in the Festival of
Children’s Theater. He has directed more than 30 plays in Venezuela, the USA,
Chile and Spain, including Arsenic and Old Lace by Kesserling, Sacrilege by
Valle Inclán, The Best of Us by Stevens, and Silly Song based on various texts
by Federico García Lorca. With the Lily Alvarez Sierra Company he directed
various children’s theater pieces, including The Jungle Book (which won the
Municipal Theater Prize and was maintained in repertory for three consecutive
years in Caracas); Jojo Saltimbanqui (which won Critics’ Award in 1987);
Sleeping Beauty and Peter Pan. His work in children’s theater garnered him
numerous awards, including the Premio TIN 2000 for Best Direction for The
Biggest Circus in the World. He has also directed the musicals The Cat and the
Canary, The Coming Deluge, and Once Upon an Island. Among his works as a
playwright include the children’s theater pieces Knight for a Day (winning the
TIN Playwright Award 1997); The Biggest Circus in the World (nominated for the
TIN Playwright Award in 2000); and Marti for the Children (Special Mention TIN
Playwright Award in 2001). His adult piece, The Lettuce has been staged in New
York, Miami, Santiago Chile, and in 2004 was shown in Chicago, Buenos Aires
and Madrid. He has written various films for TV and three screenplays,
including Feather of the Archangel, directed by Luis Manzo, which represented
Venezuela in film festivals in Biarritz, Trieste and Bogotá. He has also
written seven original mini-series. The highlight of his career was receiving
the Order of José Félix Ribas (first class) and the Artist National Prize. |
