Because the primary source exists as a PDF with embedded annotations, Sarita is an ideal candidate for digital‑textual analysis. A computational examination of word‑frequency patterns, for example, could quantitatively illustrate the play’s fragmentation and the repetition of key motifs (rain, voice, silence). Such an approach would dovetail with recent scholarship that applies digital methods to Fornés’ corpus (e.g., Chen & Martínez, “Mapping Fornés,” Digital Drama Quarterly , 2024).
The play is bookended by the year 1949. But characters behave as if they are in 1939, then 1944, then 1949 again. This is "simultaneous time." Fornés believed that trauma flattens chronology. For Sarita, the murder of Julio happens yesterday and ten years ago at the same moment. When staging Sarita , a director must ignore the urge to differentiate eras with costumes. Everyone should exist in a timeless limbo. sarita maria irene fornes pdf