Manifestos and Essays Author:Richard Foreman “Richard Foreman reinvented dialogue, action, sound, stage design and philosophical groundwork as no other stage artist in our history.”PEN/Laura Pels Master American Dramatist Award citationThese writings, collected from two earlier books now long out-of-print, provide a fascinating window into Richard Foreman’s singular mind ... more »and creative process. Also included is The Gods Are Pounding My Head! (AKA Lumberjack Messiah), his last play before transitioning to more multi-media work.Richard Foreman has written, directed, and designed more than fifty of his own plays, both internationally and at his Ontological-Hysteric Theater, which he founded in 1968. He has received many OBIE awards, an NEA Lifetime Achievement award, and a MacArthur “Genius” fellowship.« less