Herbert Sigüenza

Herbert Siguenza (born June 23, 1959) is an actor, writer, and performer. In 1984 he co-founded the performance group Culture Clash, which is still together after thirty years.

Early life
Siguenza was born in San Diego, California on June 23, 1959. He is of Mexican ancestry.

Career
Herbert wrote and performed in a solo show, My Weekend with Pablo Picasso which features his skill at painting and has been performed at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and the San Diego Rep. He wrote and performed in another show, ¡Cantinflas! about the Mexican comic of the same name, which was co-commissioned by the Alley Theatre in Houston and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Other work of Siguenza's includes Steal Heaven, and El Henry, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV which was presented at the La Jolla Playhouse in June 2014, and Manifest Destinitis which premiered at the San Diego Rep in their 2016-2017 season. In 2016, Siguenza began a three-year playwright residency at the San Diego Rep as a part of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's National Playwright Residency Program, administered by HowlRound.

Personal life
Sigüenza is the brother of Ruben Sigüenza, who played bass for the rock band Mink DeVille. In 2002, he married Adriana Rodrigues. In 2008, he and Adriana had filed for divorce.