The Rest I Make Up

Meet María Irene Fornés—a visionary Cuban-American playwright who was losing her memories, but not her creativity, to dementia. Here the lens becomes her pen.

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"MY LIFE IS MY LIFE AND I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY LIFE" #MARIAIRENEFORNES

[Alexandra Schwartz @Alex_Lily]

Joan Acocella's writing means more to me than I can say. But the point of criticism is to try and say, and so I did. Thank you, Joan. I'll be reading you forever.

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[@HereWeAre_Movie @HereWeAre_Movie]

Today's Pride icon is playwright and theatre artist María Irene Fornés. She changed the art, and to say she was experimental or radical minimizes her achievements. #mariairenefornes #playwright #director #teacher #lesbian #maverick #lgbtq #lgbtqpride #pride #pridemonth #icon

[Robert Falls @RobertFalls]

Thinking of Phil Hoffman today on what would have been his 56th birthday. Such a privileged to have worked with him on LONG DAYS JOURNEY (Here w/Vanessa Redgrave) - a harrowing, stunning performance - one of so many. Imagine what the future held for him. Greatly missed.

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So grateful we got to witness this glorious friendship and collaboration. Goodbye to the brilliant Tony Bennett and thank you both.

#tonybenett #collaboration #ladygaga #dementiaawareness #intergenerational #friendship #care #music #alzheimers

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[SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra]

We’re here. We’re #SAGAFTRAstrong. We’re ready. #SAGAFTRAstrike

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I just saw this tweet from @collinshughes and was reminded of something #MariaIreneFornes once said to me: "Hooray for college I tell you. Theatre survives because of college and because of the people who teach theater in college."

Some food for thought this Friday morning.

[Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes]

I do wonder if colleges and universities are about to become a vital stabilizing force in the theater as co-producers with professional companies.

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Mara Irene Fornés and Harriet Sohmers Zwerling in Provincetown, circa 1953?

Oh, how I miss these women!

Happy #PrideMonth!

Photos: Harriet Sohmers Zwerling
#pride #provincetown #loveislove #LoveIsComplicated

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#mariairenefornes there in spirit, alongside fierce theater luminaries Morgan Jenness, JoAnne Akalaitis, Melanie Joseph ... to name just a few

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Paying respects to @UTRFestival outside @PublicTheaterNY yesterday

#theater #UTR #undertheradar #downtowntheater

[Ben Brantley @BenjBrantley]

Happy birthday to Harvey Fierstein, the trailblazing playwright and actor. He moved from marginal downtown to mainstream midtown without diluting his defiantly comfortable queerness, making gay love, gay parenting and cross-dressing the stuff of heartwarming Broadway hits.

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@DavidCote @DavidCote have you seen this?

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#theater makers/lovers in #NYC, have you seen this? Sounds like an elegant and satisfying way to show up and take action. @Helen_E_Shaw @NewYorkTheater #UTR

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@Helen_E_Shaw Hi! Have you seen this?

[Writers Bureau @writersbureau]

Do you agree? For those who do, how do you 'trick' the part of you that doesn't want to write?
#MariaIreneFornes #writing #quote

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Last night we saw the astonishing Evelyn Brown (A Diary) by #mariairenefornes at @LaMaMaETC, directed by Alice Regan, designed by two of Irene's longtime collaborators Donald Eastman and Gabriel Berry, starring Ellen Lauren and Violeta Picayo. JUST GO! https://t.co/OLhoX1RzYZ

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María Irene Fornés would have turned 93 today. HBD Irene!

"Some people complain that my work doesn't offer the solution. But the reason for that is that I feel that the characters don't have to get out, it's you who has to get out." -María Irene Fornés

#mariairenefornes

[Waywords Studio @WaywordsStudio]

Oddly, we almost rediscovered this during the pandemic . . . but (*brushes off hands*) back to "normal!"

Happy birthday, Maria Irene Fornes!

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#MariaIreneFornes #fefuandherfriends

[Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow]

Great interview with the cinematographer Babette Mangolte about the making of Jeanne Dielman: "While I was adjusting the lighting, the closeness of the work between Chantal and Delphine was palpable, we could foresee from that alone what the film would be,
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This morning's view from María Irene Fornés