Director

This list of plays directed by Maria Irene Fornés was compiled by Scott T. Cummings. All plays are written by Fornés unless otherwise indicated. Please send corrections or comments to cumminsc@bc.edu.

The Successful Life Of 3

1965  Firehouse Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

A Vietnamese Wedding

1967  Washington Square Methodist Church, New York, NY

1967  Moore College, Philadelphia, PA

The Annunciation

1967  Judson Poets Theatre, Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY

Dr. Kheal

1974  American Place Theatre, New York, NY

Molly’s Dream

1968  New Dramatists Committee, New York, NY

1973  New York Theater Strategy, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, NY

The Curse of the Langston House

1972  Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH

Aurora

1974  New York Theatre Strategy, Theatre of the Riverside Church, New York, NY

Cap-a-Pie

1975  INTAR, New York, NY

1975  outdoor festival in Lincoln Center Plaza & at Cloisters, New York, NY

Washing

1976  Theater for the New City, New York, NY

Fefu and Her Friends (Obie Award for Playwriting and Directing — 1977)

1977  New York Theatre Strategy, Relativity Media Lab, New York, NY

1978  American Place Theatre, New York, NY

1979  Padua Hills Festival, CA

1979  Pasadena Community Arts Center, Brookside Theatre, Pasadena, CA

1979  University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Parkside, WI

1986  At The Foot Of The Mountain, Minneapolis, MN

1987  At The Foot Of The Mountain, Minneapolis, MN

1989  New City Theatre, Seattle, WA

Lolita in the Garden

1977  INTAR, New York, NY

In Service

1978  Padua Hills Festival, Padua Hills, CA

Eyes on the Harem (Obie Award for Directing — 1979)

1979  INTAR, New York, NY

Evelyn Brown (A Diary)

1980  Theater for the New City, New York, NY

Life is Dream (translation and adaptation by Fornés from Pedro Calderón de la Barca)

1981  INTAR, New York, NY

A Visit

1981  Padua Hills Festival, Los Angeles, CA

1982  Theater for the New City, New York, NY

The Danube (Obie Award for Playwriting and Directing — 1984, with Mud and Sarita)

1982  Padua Hills Festival, Los Angeles, CA

1983  Theater for the New City, New York, NY

1984  American Place Theater, New York, NY

Exiles (by Ana María Simo)

1982 INTAR, New York NY

Mud (Obie Award for Playwriting and Directing — 1984, with The Danube and Sarita)

1983  Padua Hills Festival, Los Angeles, CA

1983  Theater for the New City, New York, NY

1985  Omaha Magic Theatre, Omaha, NB (toured to Boston)

1991  Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI

Sarita (Obie Award for Playwriting and Directing — 1984, with The Danube and Mud)

1984  INTAR, New York, NY

No Time (early version of The Conduct of Life)

1984  Padua Hills Festival, Los Angeles, CA

The Conduct of Life (Obie Award for Best New Play — 1985)

1985  Theater for the New City, New York, NY

Cold Air (translation/adaptation of play by Virgilio Piñera)

1986  INTAR, New York, NY

A Matter of Faith

1986  Theater for the New City, New York, NY

Lovers and Keepers

1985  workshop production, Woodstock, NY

1986  INTAR, New York, NY

1986  City Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA

The Mothers (later changed to Charlie)

1986  Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, CA

Hedda Gabler (adaptation of Henrik Ibsen)

1987  Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI

Uncle Vanya (adaptation of Anton Chekhov by Fornés from translation by Marian Fell)

1987 Classic Stage Company, New York NY

Drowning (adaptation of Chekhov story for Acting Company’s Orchards)

1988  Padua Hills Playwrights Festival

1992  Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Oscar and Bertha

1987  Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN (workshop)

1989  Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, CA (workshop production)

1992  Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Abingdon Square

1987  Women’s Project and Productions, Inc., American Place Theater, New York, NY

1988  Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY

1992  San Diego Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA

Hunger

1988  En Garde Arts, New York, NY (site-specific play as part of “Three Pieces for a Warehouse”)

And What of the Night? (Charlie, Springtime, Lust, Hunger)

1988  Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI (workshop, under the title Give Us This Day)

1989  Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI

1990  Trinity Repertory Company, Providence, RI

1997  Springtime (on a bill with Albee’s Counting The Ways directed by Joe Chaikin), Theater for the New City, New York, NY

Going to New England (by Ana María Simo)

1990  INTAR, New York NY

Dogs (by Leo Garcia)

1990  West Coast Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA

Shadow of a Man (by Cherrie Moraga)

1990  Eureka Theatre, San Francisco CA

Terra Incognita

1991  Storm King Center, Storm King, NY (workshop)

1992  Dionysia Festival, ITALY (workshop)

1994  Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, Burbank CA

1997  INTAR, New York, NY

Enter the Night

1993  Theater Zero, New City Theater and Art Center, Seattle, WA

1993  Dallas Theater Center, Dallas, TX

It Is/It Is Not (two one-act plays by Manuel Pereiras Garcia)

1994  Theatre for the New City, New York NY

Any Place But Here by Caridad Svich

1995  Theater for the New City

The Summer at Gossensass

1994  Iowa Playwright’s Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA (early version of the play under the title Ibsen and the Actress)

1995  Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, Padua Hills, CA

1997  Women’s Project and Productions, New York, NY (workshop)

1998  Women’s Project and Productions, New York, NY

Letters from Cuba

2000  Signature Theatre, New York, NY