Richard Foreman’s work is a pillar of downtown New York City theater, and is known for its avant-garde explorations of live performance. Dive into this page to learn more about Foreman’s life and some of his most well known works, and check out the semester-long lobby exhibit in the Skirball Theater: “Richard Foreman Wants You to Wake Up”, presented by NYU’s Archives Onstage.
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Recommended readings on the work of Foreman.
- Martin Harries, Richard Foreman and the Ends of an Avant-Garde, 2004.
- Martin Puchner, Manifesto = Theatre, 2002
- Richard Schechner, Richard Foreman, Richard Foreman on Richard Foreman: An Interview, 1987
- Sara Farrington, Power & Punk: New York’s Avant-Garde Lifers: Richard Foreman with Sara Farrington, 2020
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Richard Foreman
“Since then, I have seen a number of his creations and have been enthralled every time. They are beyond imitation, almost beyond description or analysis. They are fantastic machines emanating from the head of Richard Foreman.”
Still Dreaming of the City of Light
“…he spends his Sundays at home, reading, watching television and ruminating on France and SoHo as they used to be.”