Founding member and first Board President of the internationally renowned La Mama Experimental Theatre Club,.
Served two years in the United States Navy.
Fourteen books of his works have been published internationally.
Foster's avocation was architecture, gardening and pit-bull rescue. He restored and landscaped 23 historic properties over forty years.
Won numerous awards including Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships, National Endowment for the Arts and a British Arts Council Award.
His plays have been translated into fifty-two languages.
Was the author of eighteen plays, including Elizabeth 1, Tom Paine and Satyricon as well as the libretto and lyrics for the musical Silver Queen Saloon.
Studied journalism at Rutgers University.
Received a law degree from the New York University School of Law.
His archives can be found at the Archibald S. Alexander Library on the campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick.