Marisela Treviño Orta

Marisela Treviño Orta is a third-generation Mexican American playwright and poet. Quotes …As a poet, I’m an Imagist—driven by and focusing on visuals… On how her poetics translated into playwriting in “DRAMATIZING ARGENTINA’S DIRTY WAR: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARISELA TREVIÑO ORTA” in The Theatre Times (2017 Jul 2) …Our society has never experienced a dictatorship on our soil, has never seen civil liberties stripped away. So at times, it can be a challenge for American audiences to imagine how a dictatorship might begin and who would be perceived as a threat to such a regime… On how she realized that her play Ghost Limb might serve as a cautionary tale in “DRAMATIZING ARGENTINA’S DIRTY WAR: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARISELA TREVIÑO ORTA” in The Theatre Times (2017 Jul 2) …I think theatre in general is very poetic. That’s what first drew me to playwriting. Plays are like living poems: visual, emotional, narrative. Lorca said, “A play is a poem standing up.” I couldn’t agree more. On her attraction to playwriting in “INTERVIEW WITH MARISELA TREVIÑO ORTA” (Playwrights Foundation; 2008 Mar 28) Theatre is more than just dialog; it’s a complete sensory experience for an audience. They see, they hear, they connect with the actors on stage… On audiences connecting even if she includes Spanish dialogue in in “INTERVIEW WITH MARISELA TREVIÑO ORTA” (Playwrights Foundation; 2008 Mar 28) External links Category:Hispanic Americans Category:Playwrights from the United States Category:Poets from the United States Category:Living people