Lee Blessing

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Lee Blessing (born October 4, 1949) is an American playwright.

His best-known play is A Walk in the Woods, which depicts the developing relationship between two arms limitation negotiators, one Russian and one American, over years of negotiation. The play was nominated for both a Tony award and a Pulitzer Prize.

His recent plays include A Body of Water, Whores, The Scottish Play, Black Sheep, Fortinbras and many others. He has also written one act plays including, The Roads That Lead Here and Eleemosynary.

He currently heads the graduate playwriting program at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. He is married to fellow playwright Melanie Marnich.

[edit] Bibliography, with date of first production

• The Authentic Life Of Billy The Kid (1979)
• Black Sheep (2001)
• A Body Of Water
• Chesapeake (1999)
• A Christmas Carol Jerry Patch
• Cobb (1989)
• Down The Road (1989)
• Eleemosynary (1985)
• Fortinbras
• Going To St. Ives (1996)
• Independence (1983)
• Lake Street Extension (1992)
• Nice People Dancing To Good Country Music (1982)
• Oldtimers Game (1981)
• Patient A
• The Real Billy The Kid (1975)
• Riches (aka War Of The Roses) (1984)
• The Roads That Lead Here (2002)
• The Scottish Play (2005)
• Snapshot (2002)
• Thief River (2000)
• Two Rooms (1988)
• Tyler Poked Taylor (2002)
• A Walk In The Woods (1986)
• Whores (2002)
• The Winning Streak (2002)
• Perilous Night (Work in Progress)
• Great Falls (2008)
• A Body of Water (2008)

[edit] External links

• Lee Blessing - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org
• Lee Blessing -- entry in The Playwrights Database
• Lee Blessing Collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin