This page is dedicated to our friend and favorite playwright,
María Irene Fornés 
May 14, 1930 - October 30, 2018

A CELEBRATION  OF IRENE

On May 14, 2019 at 7pm, Irene's birthday, some of Irene's students, close friends, colleagues and other theatre practitioners gathered to celebrate her. "Tonight, on her 89th birthday, we celebrate the artist and teacher, director and writer, auteur and innovator. A mentor and tormentor to all who knew her. A truthteller and truth-maker. A warrior in a male-dominated theater landscape. The mother of Modern Experimental Playwriting." - Migdalia Cruz.

*Memorial photos were taken by Giovanni Solis. Slideshow below, presented in honor of Irene, was curated by Gabe Figueroa.

FESTIVAL IRENE

In 2016 Hero Theatre produced a two-week long festival of Irene's work alongside plays written by her students from the legendary INTAR Hispanic Playwrights-In-Residence Laboratory. Festival pass holders selected which of the staged readings would be fully produced. Her play The Conduct of Life was chosen and opened on June 8, 2017. Enjoy these memories below from The Conduct of Life and Festival Irene. 
The Conduct of Life by Maria Irene Fornés. Part of Festival Irene.
Directed by José Luis Valenzuela
Photos by Brandon Le
Festival Irene staged readings included María Irene Fornés' plays alongside the plays of her students from the legendary
​INTAR Hispanic Playwrights-In-Residence Laboratory.
Photos by Terrence Leung
Click the screen below to watch the special panel discussion with Luis Alfaro, Migdalia Cruz, Cherrie Moraga and Anne Garcia-Romero
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 PRESS

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Click on the article photo above to read our exciting LA Times review!
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Click on the photo above to read this LA Times feature by Charles McNulty!
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Click above to read this article from American Theatre magazine.