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Ontological Theater
St. Mark's Church
131 east 10th street and 2nd ave
new york city, 10003

4/5/6 to astor place
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L to 3rd or 1st Ave

enter at the back of the church and go up the stairs to the 2nd floor


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PRODUCTION FILES

TEXT, MEDIA, PROGRAMS AND INFO ABOUT
PRODUCTIONS WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND DESIGNED BY RICHARD FOREMAN

wakeup 2007
WAKE UP MR. SLEEPY! YOUR UNCONSCIOUS MIND IS DEAD!
Premiering at the Ontological Theater, NYC - JANUARY 2007!
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
Check out the Wake Up Mr. Sleepy Blog!
 

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whattowear 2006
WHAT TO WEAR
Premiered at REDCAT, Los Angeles CA
Written & Directed by Richard Foreman
Opera Composed by Michael Gordon
zomboid
2006
ZOMBOID! (Film/Performance Project #1)
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
gods

2005
The Gods Are Pounding My Head! AKA Lumberjack Messiah
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC

rufus
2004
King Cowboy Rufus Rules the Universe!
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
panic

2003
Panic! (How to Be Happy!)
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC and Wiener Festwochen
Toured to Zurich and Vienna

mdb
2002
Maria Del Bosco
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
Toured to Singapore
communism
2001
Now That Communism is Dead, My Life Feels Empty
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC and the Vienna Festival
Toured to Vienna and Holland
bbn
2000
Bad Boy Nietzsche
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
Toured to Brussels, Berlin and Tokyo
paradise
1998
Paradise Hotel (Hotel Fuck)
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC and Theater das Welt Berlin '99
Toured to Paris, Copenhagen, Salzburg and Berlin
benita
1997
Benita Canova
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
pearls

Pearls for Pigs
Premiered Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT
Produced by Hartford Stage Co and Internationsl Productions Associates Toured to Montreal Festival, Festival d'Autome, Paris, Rome, Freund Playhouse L.A., and Tribeca Arts Center NYC

 
1996
Permanent Brain Damage
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
Toured to Meltdown Festival, London
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The Universe
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
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1995
I've Got the Shakes
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
1994
My Head Was A Sledgehammer
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
1993
Samuel's Major Problems
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
1992
The Mind King
Premiered at the Ontological Theater, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
 

1991
Eddie Goes to Poetry City: Part 2
Premiered at La Mama, NY
Produced by La Mama & Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC

1990
Eddie Goes to Poetry City: Part one
Premiered at New City Theater Seattle
Produced by New City Theater, Seattle, WA

 
Love and Science (libretto)
Premiered at St. Clements, NYC
Produced by Music Theater Group, NYC
 
Total Rain (Television play)
Premiered at The Kitchen, NYC
Produced by, The Kitchen, WGBH, Boston and WNET, NY
1989
Lava
Premiered at the Performing Garage, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC and the Wooster Group, NYC
 

1988
What Did He See
Premiered at the NY Shakespeare Festival
Produced by the NY Shakespeare Festival and the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC

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Symphony of Rats
Premiered at the Performing Garage, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC and the Wooster Group, NYC
 
1987
Love and Science (play version)
Premiered Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
Produced by Theater Aurora Stockholm Sweden
 
Film is Evil, Radio is Good
Premiered at NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, NYC
Produced by Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
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1986
The Cure
Premiered at The Performing Garage, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
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Africanus Instructus (opera)
Premiered at St. Clements, NYC
Produced by Music Theater Group, NY
Toured to Madrid, Paris, Lille

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1985
Miss Universal Happiness
Premiered at The Performing Garage
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC and The Wooster Group, NYC
selavy
1984
Dr. Selavy's Magic Theater (opera)
Premiered at the Mercer Arts Center, NYC
Produced by the Music Theater Group, NY
1983
George Bataille's Bathrobe
Premiered at Theater de Gennevillers
Produced by the Festival d'Automne Paris
 
Egyptology
Premiered at The Public Theater, NYC
Produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival
 
American Imagination (libretto)
Premiered at St. Clements, NYC
Produced by Music Theater Group, NY
 
1981
Cafe Amerique
Premiered at Theater de Gennevillers, Paris
Produced by Festival d'Automne Paris
Toured to Amsterdam, Nice, Strassbourg, Lyon, Grenoble, Turino
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Penguin Touquet
Premiered at The Public Theater, NY
Produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival
 
1980
Madame Adare (opera)
Premiered at Lincoln Center
Produced by the New York City Opera)
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Place + Target
Premiered at Theater de la Pyramid, Rome
Produced by Theatre de Roma, Rome,Italy
Toured to Milan
 
1979
Strong Medicine (feature film)
Premiered at the Film Forum, NYC
Produced by August Films and the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
 
1977
Blvd de Paris
Premiered at 491 Broadway, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
 
City Archives (video play)
Produced by Walker Arts Center, Minn.
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Book of Splendors, Part Two
Premiered at 491 Broadway, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
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1976
Book of Splendors, Part One
Premiered at Bouffe du Nord, Paris
Produced by Festival d'Automne Paris
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1975
Rhoda in Potatoland
Premiered at 491 Broadway, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
 
Pandering to the Masses
Premiered at 491 Broadway, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
 
Hotel for Criminals (opera)
Premiered at the West Beth Theater, NYC
Produced by Music Theater Group, NY
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1974
Pain(T)
Premiered at 141 Wooster Street, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
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Vertical Mobility (Sophia = Wisdom)
Premiered at 141 Wooster Street, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
 
1973
Classical Therapy
Produced by Festival d'Automne Paris
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Partical Theory
Premiered at the West Beth Theater
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC and Theater for the New City, NYC
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1972
Sophia:The Cliffs
Premiered at Filmmakers Cinematheque, 80 Wooster Street, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
 
Evidence
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC and Theater for the New City, NYC

 

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Hotel China
Premiered at Filmmakers Cinematheque, 80 Wooster Street, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
 
1971
Dream Tantras for Western Massachuttes (musical)
Premiered at the Lennox Arts Center, Lennox MA
Produced by Music Theater Group, NY
 
Total Recall
Premiered at Filmmakers Cinematheque, 80 Wooster Street, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
 
1970
Elephant Steps (libretto)
Premiered at Tanglewood Shed, Lee MA
Produced by Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood, Hunter Playhouse NYC
 
1969
Ida-Eyed
Premiered at 4th Street Theater, NYC
Produced by New Dramatists, NYC
 
1968
Angelface
Premiered at Filmmakers Cinematheque, 80 Wooster Street, NYC
Produced by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC

Directed and Designed by Richard Foreman


Three Penny Opera
by Brecht and Weil
Premiered at the Vivian Beanmont Theater. NY
Produced by NY Shakespear Festival and Lincoln Center

production file The Golem
by H Levick
Premiered at the Central Park Theater , NY
Produced by NY Shakespear Festival
Three Acts of Recognition
by Botho Strauss
Premiered at the The Public Theater, NY
Produced by NY Shakespear Festival
largo Largo Desolato
by Havel
Premiered at the The Public Theater, NY
Produced by NY Shakespear Festival
don juan
Don Juan
by Moliere
Premiered at the The Guthrie Theater Minneapolis, MN
Produced by Gutherie Theater and the NY Shakespear Festival
  End of the World with Symposium to Follow
by Arthur Kopit
Premiered at the A.R.T, Cambridge
Produced by American Repatory Theater
  The Fall of the House of Usher
by Phillip Glass
Premiered at the A.R.T, Cambridge
Produced by American Repatory Theater, 2nd reconceived version, Maggio Musicale, Florence Italy
  Wozzeck
by Buchner
Premiered at the Hartford Stage, CT
Produced by Hartford Stage Company
  Fledermaus
by Johann Strauss
Premiered at the Paris Opera
  Don Givonni
by Mozart
Premiered at the Opera de Lille, France
  Where's Dick
by Wallace and Khorie
Premiered at the Houston Opera
acker Birth of the Poet
by Kathy Acker
Premiered at the Ro Theater, Rotterdam Holland and BAM, NY
  My Death, My Life
by Kathy Acker
Premiered at the Theater de la Bastille, Paris
Produced by Festival d'Automn, Paris
Toured to Florence and Bordeaux

Dr Faustus Lights the Lights
by Gertrude Stein
Produced by Festival d'Automn, Paris
Toured to Berlin

 

Venus
by Suzan-Lori Parks
Premiered at the Yale Rep. Public Theater
Produced by Yale Repertory Theater and the NY Shakespeare Festival 1996