BAM Affiliation Richard Foreman wrote, directed, and designed over fifty of his own plays both in New York City and abroad. Five of his plays received Obie awards as Best Play, and he received five other Obies for directing and for sustained achievement. He received the annual Literature award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, a Lifetime Achievement in the Theater award from the National Endowment for the Arts, a MacArthur Fellowship, and was elected officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France. He collaborated with composer Stanley Silverman on 8 music theater pieces produced by The Music Theater Group & The New York City Opera.