sentences:  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.