Book contents
- María Irene Fornés in Context
- María Irene Fornés in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Chronology of María Irene Fornés’s Life and Work
- Introduction
- Part I Places and People
- Chapter 1 Havana and New York City
- Chapter 2 Paris
- Chapter 3 The Actors Studio
- Chapter 4 Judson Memorial Church
- Chapter 5 Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop and Festival
- Chapter 6 INTAR (International Arts Relations, Inc.)
- Chapter 7 Latin American Writers Workshop
- Chapter 8 Hans Hofmann
- Chapter 9 Susan Sontag
- Chapter 10 Carmen Collado Fornés
- Part II Theatre
- Part III Culture, Society, and Politics
- Part IV Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 1 - Havana and New York City
from Part I - Places and People
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 August 2025
Book contents
- María Irene Fornés in Context
- María Irene Fornés in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Chronology of María Irene Fornés’s Life and Work
- Introduction
- Part I Places and People
- Chapter 1 Havana and New York City
- Chapter 2 Paris
- Chapter 3 The Actors Studio
- Chapter 4 Judson Memorial Church
- Chapter 5 Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop and Festival
- Chapter 6 INTAR (International Arts Relations, Inc.)
- Chapter 7 Latin American Writers Workshop
- Chapter 8 Hans Hofmann
- Chapter 9 Susan Sontag
- Chapter 10 Carmen Collado Fornés
- Part II Theatre
- Part III Culture, Society, and Politics
- Part IV Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
This essay details selected experiences from Fornés’s early life that were formative to her philosophy of life and art in order to highlight how her theatremaking relates to and extends from Havana’s vanguard movements of the 1920s–1940s. Considering Fornés’s migration alongside the trajectories of transnational movement of artists like director Francisco Morín and composer Mario Bauzá, Mayer-García evinces how this experience disposed her to approaching the world through “errant thinking” wherein one comes to know oneself through an immersion in foreign lands and cultures. By highlighting connections with some of Cuba’s most notable artists, the author argues that shared mobility, portable affects of place, and errant thinking all implicate Fornés as a displaced artist from Havana’s avant-garde circles.
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- María Irene Fornés In Context , pp. 3 - 13Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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