 Whereas contemporary playwrights developed a signature style, the critical factor identifying a Fornés play is not tone or structure, but an intense, relentless and compassionate examination of the human condition—especially the way intimate personal relationships are affected and infected by economic conditions.In 1965, she won her first Distinguished Plays Obie Award for "Promenade" and "The Successful Life of 3".She was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize with her play "And What of the Night?"