June 9, 2005 - What would you do if you woke up one morning, and didn't recognize where you were? Not only that, you didn't know WHO you were? A new Lee Blessing play at the Guthrie Lab in Minneapolis explores the fluid nature of memory.
February 14, 2002 - MPR’s Marianne Combs profiles acclaimed playwright Lee Blessing's new play "Thief River," which portrays two gay men growing up in rural Minnesota who choose very different paths in life. Over the next fifty years they remain in contact; their experiences reflect the changing attitudes toward homosexuality in America.
April 2, 1993 - A look at arts and popular culture:1. Minneapolis playwright Lee Blessing and "Patient A", play about AIDS victim Kimberly Bergalis2. A chat with trendwatcher Vickie Abrahamson3. Stephen Sommers, director of Walt Disney film The Adventures of Huck Finn 4. Art critic Patrice Koelsch, are critics too reticent? 5. Art critic Dan Sullivan, are Minnesotans too nice? 6. Black teens with video artist Daniel Bergin 7. Computer Music minus one on play-along records 8. Commentator Susan Berkson on spring ritual of getting married