Leonard Foglia
Leonard Foglia (born August 24, 1954) is an American theatre director, librettist, and novelist. Foglia made his Broadway debut as the assistant director of "The Heidi Chronicles" in 1989. He also directed revivals of "Wait Until Dark" (1998) and "On Golden Pond" (2005). Foglia has collaborated with playwright Terrence McNally on three projects, "Master Class" (1995), "By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea" (1996), and "The Stendhal Syndrome" (2004). Foglia's off-Broadway credits include "A Backer's Audition" (1992), "Lonely Planet" (1994), "One Touch of Venus" (1996), and "If Memory Serves" (1999). His regional  theatre credits include "The Subject Was Roses", "Thurgood", and "The Secret Letters of Jackie & Marilyn". He wrote the libretto for Jake Heggie's opera "The End of the Affair" and conceived and directed "Dreamland", a revue featuring the songs of Harold Arlen. In 2008, Foglia directed the world premiere of Jake Heggie's opera "Last Acts" at the Houston Grand Opera. With "Washington Post" cultural correspondent David Richards, Foglia co-authored the 1997 suspense novel "1 Ragged Ridge Road". () Foglia directed the production of "Thurgood", a one-man show about the life and work of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood  Marshall at Booth Theatre. "Thurgood", starring Laurence Fishburne, opened officially on April 30, 2008. In the fall of 2009, Foglia directed the world premiere musical "Laughing Matters" by Iris Rainer Dart at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. In 2009, Foglia directed the production of "Let Me Down Easy" by Anna Deavere Smith; presented by Second Stage Theatre. He wrote the libretto for the first mariachi opera, "" ("To Cross the Face of the Moon"), to José "Pepe" Martínez' (Vargas de Tecalitlán) music which premiered at the Houston Grand Opera in 2010. In 2011 With David Richards, Foglia co-authored the 2011  suspense novel trilogy "The Sudarium Trilogy". "The Surrogate – Book One" (), "The Son – Book Two" (), and "The Savior – Book Three" () He wrote the libretto for Ricky Ian Gordon's opera "A Coffin in Egypt" which had its world premiere at the Houston Grand Opera in 2014.