Independence

Independence
Author: Lee Blessing
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1985
Genre: Dysfunctional families
ISBN: 9780822205678

THE STORY: The setting is the small town of Independence, Iowa, the lifelong home of Evelyn Briggs. Her oldest daughter, Kess, is a university professor in Minneapolis, but she has come home at the request of her sister, Jo who is concerned for Eve

Down the Road

Down the Road
Author: Lee Blessing
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1991
Genre: Authors
ISBN: 9780822203247

THE STORY: DOWN THE ROAD centers on a convicted serial killer and the husband and wife writing team hired to help him write an account of his crimes. The killer, Bill Reach, has admitted to the murders of nineteen women, but there may have been mor

A Body of Water

A Body of Water
Author: Lee Blessing
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2007
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822222033

THE STORY: Moss and Avis, an attractive, middle-aged couple, wake up one morning in an isolated summer house high above a picturesque body of water. The weather's fine; the view's magnificent. There's only one problem--neither of them can remember w

The Theater of Lee Blessing

The Theater of Lee Blessing
Author: Philip Zwerling
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2016-06-06
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786471107

Nominated for Pulitzer, Tony and Obie awards, among others, Lee Blessing has shaped American theater over the last 40 years. Tackling subjects like child abuse, racism, sexism and war, as well as baseball, love and religion, Blessing has dedicated himself to investigating and dramatizing both the triumphs and evils of contemporary society. This book examines for the first time all 44 of his plays, and includes one of his unpublished scripts, providing a definitive text on a playwright whose thought-provoking work has been performed around the world.

Eleemosynary

Eleemosynary
Author: Lee Blessing
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1987
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822203544

THE STORY: Staged with utmost simplicity, using platforms and a few props, the play probes into the delicate relationship of three singular women: the grandmother, Dorothea, who has sought to assert her independence through strong-willed eccentricity; her

Fortinbras

Fortinbras
Author: Lee Blessing
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1992
Genre:
ISBN: 9780822204213

THE STORY: Young Fortinbras, a modern man of action, enters during the last scene of Hamlet only

For the Loyal

For the Loyal
Author: Lee Blessing
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0822234319

THE STORY: Toby and Mia are graduate students with a bright future ahead of them: a baby on the way and a college coaching job for Toby. But when Toby stumbles across a secret that threatens to derail their future, he and Mia must decide between honesty and loyalty, and whether doing something wrong is the only way to do what’s right. Inspired by the Penn State sexual abuse scandal, FOR THE LOYAL is an emotional and thought-provoking night of theater.

Two Rooms

Two Rooms
Author: Lee Blessing
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1990
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822211839

THE STORY: The two rooms of the title are a windowless cubicle in Beirut where an American hostage is being held by Arab terrorists and a room in his home in the United States, which his wife has stripped of furniture so that, at least symbolically, she c

Patient A

Patient A
Author: Lee Blessing
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1993
Genre: AIDS (Disease)
ISBN: 9780822213642

THE STORY: Commissioned by the Bergalis family to explore Kimberly's case of contracting the AIDS virus, the playwright becomes part of the story as an essential observer to the story. Kim's encounters with Lee reflect their relationship in real life as w