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Richard Foreman

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REVIEW: An homage to Richard Foreman commands us to change our lives — and our theatre

Richard Foreman's plays usually drew on his personal journals and clocked in around 70 minutes; when he passed away last year at the age of 87, he left behind an invitation for directors to create royalty-free work from those journals. With the recently closed You Must Change Your Life at Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre, creator-director Ilana Khanin took up that offer to ludic, collage-like effect.

By Liam Donovan / Jun 22, 2026