Playwright and stage director Richard Foreman founded the Ontological-Hysteric Theater company in New York in 1968, and has been renowned as a pioneer in the field of avant-garde theater. When seeing a performance of his play “The Mind King” in New York, Koichi Makigami was so impressed by its unique style, that he decided to produce what eventually became the first serious introduction to Forman’s theatrical vision in Japan.

Date: 2-12 June 1995

Venue: Tochoji Auditorium P3 

Written by: Richard Foreman

Direction: Koichi Makigami

Starring: Katsuhide Suzuki, Koichi Makigami, Chie Ito

Music: Mystic Fugu Orchestra featuring William Winant

Composed by: John Zorn

Art: Nobutaka Kotake

Lighting design: Ryuichi Okino

Costumes: Miho Usutani

Sound: Yoshiaki Kondo

Translation: Yoko Umezawa, Hidenaga Otori

Stage manager: Tsuyoshi Noguchi

Organizer: P3 art and environment

Cooperation: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Support: The Saison Foundation, Japan Arts Council

Production: Puzzlin’ Office, A’LA Papa & Co.