María Irene Fornés

María Irene Fornés May 14 1930 October 30 2018 was a CubanAmerican playwright theater director and teacher who worked in offBroadway and experimental theater venues in the last four decades of the twentieth century Her plays range widely in subject matter but often depict characters with aspirations that belie their disadvantages Fornés who went by the name Irene received nine Obie Theatre Awards in various categories and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for 1990 New Yorker critic Hilton Als wrote in 2010 that she had done more than her fair share in terms of changing the face of theatre He added No matter how hard Fornéss subjects can be her work sits in the ear like luxurious reason In a 2013 interview Tony Kushner said She had terrifyingly high standards and was terribly blunt about what others did with her work Her productions were unforgettable She was really a magical maker of theater Description above from the Wikipedia article María Irene Fornés licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia