Penumbra Theatre Company
Penumbra Theatre creates professional productions that are artistically excellent, thought provoking, relevant, and that illuminate the human condition through the prism of the African American experience.
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Location:
Saint Paul, MN, 55102
Phone:
651-224-3180
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BLACK PEARL SINGS!

by Frank Higgins
directed by Lou Bellamy
Feb 18 - Mar 14, 2010

Power, alliance, betrayal and the quest for freedom. Featuring spirituals, folk songs and the blues— the roots of American music!

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Box Office
Monday - Friday, 10:00am - 4:30pm
Also open 2 hours before each performance

Now Playing:
Black Nativity: A Season for Change
By T. Mychael Rambo and Lou Bellamy
December 3 - December 27, 2009

Grandma Walker, a recent widow so swept up in the grief of loss, has barely noticed the holiday season at all. Her family surprises her, bringing food, music, and lots of laughter into the house. This contemporary gospel musical celebrates the bonds of family, the power of faith and the strength of tradition, showcasing the best jazz and gospel singers of the Twin Cities and the stirring choreography of TU Dance.

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Black Pearl Sings!
By Frank Higgins
February 18 - March 14, 2010

Under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration, a white researcher named Susannah travels the South looking for original songs from the slave era. She finds herself in workhouses and prisons where black women toil to clear swamps and dig ditches. On a rural Texas prison farm she meets Pearl, an incarcerated woman with a silky voice and steely spirit. Pearl will not disclose how she came to be in prison, but when Susannah makes a deal to help her find her lost daughter, she sings into a phonograph. Susannah sends the songs to the Library of Congress where they take immediate notice - turns out Pearl is quite a rare gem indeed, "an authentic doorway to the past." Together the two women set out on a journey to find their way out from the shadows of their own pasts and into the bright lights of New York City where the crème of society waits with bated breath to hear the last of the authentic black songstresses from the South.
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2009 - 2010 Season


Radio Golf
by August Wilson
directed by Lou Bellamy
Oct 1 - Oct 25, 2009
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A timely look at race and American politics




Black Nativity:
A Season for Change
by T. Mychael Rambo and Lou Bellamy
directed by Dominic Taylor
Dec 3 - Dec 27, 2009
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A holiday gospel extravaganza



Black Pearl Sings!
by Frank Higgins
directed by Lou Bellamy
Feb 18 - Mar 14, 2010

An adventurous drama with music



Two Old Black Guys
Just Sitting Around Talking
by Gus Edwards
directed by Lou Bellamy
Apr 29 - May 23, 2010

A hilarious and poignant world premiere
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