Theatre Arts: Eleemosynary, Feb. 2017

Eleemosynary will be performed

in the Lab Theatre on:

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 23, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, February 24, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 25, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 26, 2017, at 2:30 p.m.

Lewis Library has the script of Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing on the lower level (call number PS3552 .L43 E4 1987); it’s also in Four Plays by Lee Blessing (call number PS3552 .L43 A6 1990).

You’ll find other plays by Blessing in the library:

Independence (PS 3552 .L43 I4 1985; also in Plays for Actresses, PS627 .W66 P58 1997)

Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music (PS 3552 .L43 N5 1990)

Two Rooms (PS 3552 .L433 T87 1990)

Great Falls (in Humana Festival 2008, call number PS 634 .H86 2008)

The Road That Led Here (in Humana Festival 2003, PS 634 .H86 2003)

Entries on Blessing in reference books:

• Contemporary Dramatists (REF PR737 .C577 1999, pp. 60-62)
• The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama (REF PN 1861 .C65 2007, vol. 1 pp. 166-167)
• The Ivan R. Dee Guide to Plays and Playwrights (REF PN 2035 .G733 2004, p. 31)
• The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (REF PN 2220 .B600 2004, pp. 78-79)
• Critical Survey of Drama (2003, in Literary Reference database)

The International Bibliography of Theater and Dance is an excellent place to find theatre-related articles, including:

• The script of Blessing's play A Body of Water (American Theatre 23.6 July-Aug. 2006, pp. 65-82; an interview with Blessing is on p. 66)
• Excerpts from a talk Blessing gave to a graduating class (American Theatre 18.8, Oct. 2001, pp. 10-11).