Location: PNX140
Abstract:
Mariló Núñez, a Canadian scholar of the María Irene Fornés method, will lead a workshop on The Fornés Playwriting Method—a unique approach to playwriting developed by the acclaimed Cuban-American playwright María Irene Fornés (1930–2018). This session introduces participants to Fornés’s transformative pedagogy, which challenges the dominant pedagogical models used in most MFA and higher education writing programs today. The method offers an alternative to the Aristotelian framework of dramatic structure, reimagining playwriting through a feminist and circular lens. The Fornés Method is grounded in five core practices: Centering Movement, Guided Visualization, Basic Drawing, Found Materials (aural, written, and visual), and Communal Writing. Participants in the workshop will engage directly with each of these five elements.
Requirements
Participants should bring a notebook, writing instruments, and clothing that will allow them to move freely. We will be writing by hand.
Biography:
Mariló Núñez is a Chilean Canadian playwright, director, dramaturge and scholar. She is a 2021 winner of the Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Award in Theatre. She teaches playwriting using the Fornes Method at theatres and universities across the country. She was founding Artistic Director of Alameda Theatre Company, a Latinx new play development company. She has an MFA in Creative Writing (University of Guelph) and is currently doing her PhD in Theatre & Performance Studies at York University.