Irma Herrera

How Do You Keep Writing a Play When the World Feels Like It’s Falling Apart? What a Whirlwind! Ever wondered what it's like to be part of a festival like the In Front of Your Eyes Festival (IFOYE) sponsored by The Marsh Theater last month? The answer: it's a whirlwind. Weeks of preparation lead up to it: writing, rewriting, meeting on Zoom with Rebecca Fisher, my director, attending David Ford's Saturday morning class, and rewriting more, along with time onstage rehearsing. Most of the...

In Front of Your Eyes Festival 2026 Come See New Excerpt of The ICEmen Cometh — Bring a Friend! I'm returning to The Marsh this summer for the second IFOYE Festival, and I wanted to write directly to you to ask you to come. I appreciate that you have cheered me on through the many drafts and rehearsals, and that you showed up to see previous excerpts I've performed as part of developing this new show. Two years ago, I stood on this same festival's stage at its inaugural event. I presented a...

I am participating in the In Front of Your Eyes (IFYOE) Festival in August. I'm returning to The Marsh this summer for the second IFOYE Festival, and I am eager to share what I've been working on. Two years ago, I was part of the Festival's inaugural showing as an Opening Act, presenting a fifteen-minute excerpt of Class Migrant: de Aquí y de Allá, a one-person show that I was developing at the time. That work is currently on hold, and this year, I'm back — with an excerpt of the new work...