Theater records. 1990-1997.

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Theater records. 1990-1997.

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Minutes, financial statements, and other records from the board of the Penumbra Theatre Company, a professional African American theater company based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Penumbra Theatre Company (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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The Penumbra Theatre Company was founded in 1976 by Lou Bellamy, a St. Paul resident and a professor in the University of Minnesota's theater and dance department. Bellamy was prompted to found the theater in large part because of the paucity of work available in the Twin Cities area for African American performers. Perhaps best known for launching the career of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, the theater's mission is to present productions from an African American perspective a...

Bellamy, Lou

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Artistic director Louis Bellamy was born on March 10, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois to ElVeeda Luckett Bellamy and James Kirk. Bellamy graduated from Saint Paul Central High School in 1962, and received his B.A. degree in psychology and sociology at Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1967. He later earned his M.A. degree in theater arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 1978.Bellamy founded The Penumbra Theatre Company in 1976 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Under Bellamy's leadership, Penu...