{"product_id":"ive-got-the-shakes-shauna-kelly-9781493090242","title":"I've Got the Shakes: Performing Richard Foreman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo single artist better embodied the spirit of experimental, \"downtown\" theater than Richard Foreman, one of the most important theater-makers of the last century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in 1968 with his founding of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Foreman helped to redefine the landscape of American theatre, writing and directing plays at the breakneck pace of one every year, creating a vast body of work that has expanded our understanding of what theatre can do and be. Infamous for their extravagant titles (including \u003ci\u003eKing Cowboy Rufus Rules the Universe!, The Gods Are Pounding My Head! (AKA Lumberjack Messiah), \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI've Got the Shakes)\u003c\/i\u003e, abstract narratives, and rigorous pursuit of an utterly singular and uncompromising vision, these works also required unusual devotion and discipline from actors, who had to commit to months of rehearsals, six hours a day, six days a week.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI've Got the Shakes: Performing Richard Foreman\u003c\/i\u003e offers a peek behind the curtain at the creative process of one of the most idiosyncratic theater-makers in history, along with the innumerable actors and other artists who helped bring his vision to the stage. Combining oral histories, written recollections, directorial notes, and other never-before-seen material-including four interviews conducted with Foreman from 2015 to 2022-it reveals what has drawn so many to his plays, the demands required of performers to bring his elaborate productions to life, and the restless, searching philosophy that animated all of his work. \u003cbr\u003eInterviewees\/contributors include: Richard Foreman, Willem Dafoe, James Urbaniak (\u003ci\u003eVenture Brothers, Oppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e), David Patrick Kelly (\u003ci\u003eJohn Wick I \u0026amp; II\u003c\/i\u003e, 2024 production of \u003ci\u003eEnemy of the People, Twin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e), Colleen Werthmann (Emmy-nominated writer, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show\u003c\/i\u003e), and Patricia Ybarra (Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre, Brown University).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shauna Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493090240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493090242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Shauna Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962450596095,"sku":"9781493090242","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42884cb8-d6e4-44d3-ad15-9f4bd04ba9fd.jpg?v=1750651469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ive-got-the-shakes-shauna-kelly-9781493090242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}