María Irene Fornés In Context

María Irene Fornés is both one of the most influential and one of the least well-known US theatermakers of the late twentieth century, with former students including leading US playwrights, directors and scholars. This is the first major scholarly collection to elucidate Fornés' rich life, work, and legacy. Providing concise and wide-ranging contributions from notable scholars, practitioners and advocates drawn from the academic and artistic communities most informed and inspired by her work, this engaging volume provides diverse points of entry to specialists and students alike.

Brian Eugenio Herrera is an Associate Professor of Theater and Gender & Sexuality Studies in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University. He is, by turns, a writer, teacher and scholar whose work, both academic and artistic, examines the history of gender, sexuality and race within and through US popular performance. He is author of The Latina/o Theatre Commons 2013 National Convening: A Narrative Report (2015) and Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century US Popular Performance (2015), which was awarded the George Jean Nathan Prize for Dramatic Criticism. He is also the Inaugural Resident Scholar for The Sol Project, an initiative dedicated to producing the work of Latinx playwrights in New York City and beyond. Anne García-Romero is Professor of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of The Fornés Frame: Contemporary Latina Playwrights and the Legacy of María Irene Fornés (2016). Her plays include Paloma (2017), Lorca in New York (2015), Juanita's Statue (2013), Mary Domingo (2013), Provenance (, 2012), Desert Longing (2010), Earthquake Chica (2007), and Santa Concepcíon (2007). She is a founding member of the Latinx Theatre Commons, where she contributes to the Fornés Institute.