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Richard Foreman will turn 70 this summer, a milestone proudly announced in the program for Wake Up Mr. Sleepy! Your Unconscious Mind Is Dead! His massive body of work now spans roughly 40 years and 45 productions with his Ontological-Hysteric Theater, not to mention a handful of films and What to Wear, last year’s operatic collaboration with composer Michael Gordon in L.A.

, a collage of disfigured nitrate celluloid film footage. The use of nitrate celluloid was abandoned mid-century as it was highly flammable and suseptible to rot. The latter characteristic is of great fascination to filmmaker Bill Morrisson.