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María Irene Fornés (May 14, 1930 – October 30, 2018) was a Cuban-American playwright, theater director, and teacher who worked in off-Broadway and experimental theater venues in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Her plays range widely in subject-matter, but often depict characters with aspirations that belie their disadvantages. Fornés, who went by the name "Irene", received nine Obie Theatre Awards in various categories and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for 1990.

New Yorker critic Hilton Als wrote in 2010 that she had done "more than her fair share in terms of changing the face of theatre". He added: "No matter how hard Fornés's subjects can be, her work sits in the ear like luxurious reason." In a 2013 interview, Tony Kushner said: "She had terrifyingly high standards and was terribly blunt about what others did with her work. Her productions were unforgettable. She was really a magical maker of theater."

Valley of the Dolls may refer to:Valley of the Dolls (novel), a 1966 novel by Jacqueline Susann Valley of the Dolls (film), a 1967 film adapted from the novel "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls", the title song from the film, performed by Dionne Warwick Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls, a 1967 album Valley of the Dolls (play), a 1996 stage production, adapted from the 1967 film; starring Kate Flannery Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, a 1981 TV miniseries adapted from the novel, directed by Walter Valley of the Dolls , a 1994 soap opera adapted from the novel, starring Sally Kirkland Valley of the Dolls (album), a 1979 album by Generation X, or the title song "Valley of the Dolls", a song from the 2012 album Electra Heart by Marina and the Diamonds "Valley of the Dolls", a song from the 1980 soundtrack Foxes composed and performed by Giorgio Moroder for the 1980 film Foxes Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, a 1970 American film