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Paul Foster, is an American playwright, theater director, and producer. He is a founding member and the first president of La MaMa, E.T.C..
When Foster was 21 he came to New York City to study law. There he met Ellen Stewart, a fashion designer hoping to open her own boutique. In 1962, Foster agreed to help Stewart with her boutique in return for being allowed to use its basement as a theater, "but Stewart's enthusiasm for the theater project quickly eclipsed her own initial idea for the boutique", and the La Mama theater project was born.
Foster is the author of 18 plays produced around the world, including Elizabeth I and Satyricon, as well as the libretto and lyrics for the musical Silver Queen Saloon.
Foster has won numerous awards, including Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships, National Endowment for the Arts and British Arts Council Award.
Fourteen books of his plays are published, and he is the subject of four books about his plays.
1963 Hurrah for the bridge
1964 The Recluse
1964 Que Viva El Puente
1965 The Madonna in the orchard
1966 The Hessian Corporal
1966 Balls
1967 Tom Paine
1967 Dead And Buried
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