Penumbra Theatre Company
Penumbra Theatre Company, ca. 1990. Artistic director Lou Bellamy stands at center. From Penumbra Theatre Company records (GV002), Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Bibliography
Brown, Jeffrey, and Sam Lane. "How This Black Theater Group Is Using Art as a Tool to 'Awaken' People." PBS NewsHour, December 21, 2021.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-this-black-theater-group-is-using-art-as-a-tool-to-awaken-people
Butler, Isaac. "Turnovers at the Top: Change the Twin Cities Can Believe In?" American Theater, September 2015.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2015/08/04/turnover-at-the-top-in-the-twin-cities
Collins, Robert. "Robert Collins Reviews the Penumbra Theater [sic] Production 'Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope.’" MPRNews, August 29, 1983.
https://archive.mpr.org/stories/1983/08/29/robert-collins-reviews-the-penumbra-theater
Combs, Marianne. "Penumbra Ends the Year in the Black." MPRNews, December 29, 2008.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2008/12/29/penumbra
⸻ . "Layoffs, Steep Cuts and a Dark Stage for Penumbra." MPRNews, September 6, 2012.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/09/06/layoffs-steep-cuts-and-a-dark-stage-for-penumbra-theatre
⸻ . "Penumbra Theatre Has Selected New Artistic Director." MPRNews, September 6, 2012.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/09/06/penumbra-theatre-has-selected-next-artistic-director
⸻ . "Black History Comes Alive on a Stage, and in a Database." MPRNews, February 21, 2017.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/02/21/penumbra-theatre-at-40-black-history
Curl, Tanner. “MinnPost Festival Spotlight: Sarah Bellamy, Artistic Director at Penumbra Theater, On How Art Can Drive Social Change.” MinnPost, March 30, 2021.
https://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2021/03/minnpost-festival-spotlight-sarah-bellamy-artistic-director-at-penumbra-theatre-on-how-art-can-drive-social-change
Davis, Angela. “Penumbra Theatre’s Sarah Bellamy on Motherhood, Theater, and Racial Healing.” MPRNews, December 18, 2020.
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2020/12/18/penumbra-theatres-sarah-bellamy-on-motherhood-theater-and-racial-healing
Espeland, Pamela. "Aiken’s Lite Brite Mural Lights Up; Tickets on Sale for Penumbra's 'Spunk.'" MinnPost, February 19, 2013.
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2013/02/aikens-lite-brite-mural-lights-tickets-sale-penumbras-spunk
⸻ . “Penumbra to Broaden its Focus; Mia’s ‘Foot in the Door’ Goes Virtual.” MinnPost, August 6, 2020.
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2020/08/penumbra-changing-its-name-mias-foot-in-the-door-goes-virtual
"Faye M. Price Named McKnight Foundation's 2021 Distinguished Artist." American Theatre, October 21, 2021.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/10/21/faye-m-price-named-mcknight-foundations-2021-distinguished-artist
"Final Report Fiscal Year 2012: July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012." Penumbra Theatre Company.
https://www.guidestar.org/ViewEdoc.aspx?eDocId=4235417&approved=true
Gelfand, Lou. "A Critic's Review Can Have an Impact in the Box Office." Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 29, 1990.
Grimes, William. "Laurie Carlos, Actress in 'For Colored Girls,' Dies at 67." New York Times, January 12, 2017.
Guilfoyle, Peg. Offstage Voices: Life in Twin Cities Theater. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015.
Hewitt, Chris. "History Center Celebrates 40 Years of St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre." St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 16, 2017.
https://www.twincities.com/2017/02/16/history-center-celebrates-40-years-of-st-pauls-penumbra-theatre
Iman, Carol. "An Interview with Penumbra Theater's Sarah Bellamy.” Holmes Education Post, January 22, 2012.
Lee, Felicia R. "New Funds Help Revive a Theater in St. Paul." New York Times, January 7, 2013.
Mahala, Macelle. Penumbra: The Premier Stage for African American Drama. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
McKnight Foundation. "Lou Bellamy: 2006 Distinguished Artist."
https://www.mcknight.org/wp-content/uploads/DAA06Bellamy.pdf
Minnesota Historical Society. "Storied: Penumbra, Parts 1–8."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqY-vRLCj-c
MN Original. "August Wilson in St. Paul."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1czXv6U_64
⸻ . "Penumbra Theatre."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNXOYJggPsY
Nahmad, Valerie. "Inside OKRA: A 'Spark of Life' at Penumbra Theatre Company." Knight Foundation, May 5, 2011.
https://knightfoundation.org/articles/inside-okra-a-spark-of-life-at-penumbra-theatre-company
Nguyen, Christine T. “ChangeMakers: Lou and Sarah Bellamy, Using Theater to Give Voice.” MPRNews, February 28, 2019.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/02/27/changemakers-lou-and-sarah-bellamy-using-theater-to-give-voice
“Penumbra Theatre at 40: Art, Race, and a Nation on Stage.” Exhibit text, Minnesota History Center, 2017.
Penumbra Theatre.
https://penumbratheatre.org
Preston, Rohan. "Black Theater: The Next Stage." Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 15, 1998.
⸻ . "Williams Play Soared on Wings of Grace." Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 26, 1999.
⸻ . "Penumbra Gets Its Budget Back on Track." Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 14, 2013.
⸻ . "Two Minnesota Women Juggle Art and Motherhood While Redefining the Role of a Theater Leader." Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 15, 2017.
⸻ . "Penumbra Theatre Leader Sarah Bellamy Readies a Vision to Meet the Moment." Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 6, 2020.
Roberts, Kate. “Penumbra Theatre: Forty Years of Nurturing A Black Performing Arts Community.” Minnesota History 65, no. 5 (Spring 2017): 178–187.
http://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/65/v65i05p178-187.pdf
Rothstein, Mervyn. "Festival Sets Goal for Black Theater: New Togetherness." New York Times, August 17, 1989.
Sarah Bellamy.
https://www.sbellamy.com
Steele, Mike, and Peter Vaughan. "Playwright Hopes 'Café Desire' is More than 'Strange Comedy.'" Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 28, 1987.
Steele, Mike. "'Black Nativity' Looks Beyond Dated Simplicity." Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 27, 1989.
⸻ . "Penumbra's 'Jar the Floor' is Warm and Well-Acted." Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 19, 1994.
⸻ . "Penumbra: Out of the Shadows. Theater's Growth Mirrors Bellamy's: No Need to Prove Anything Anymore." Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 4, 1994.
⸻ . "Penumbra's Comedy 'Three Ways Home' Has Underlying Pain." Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 19, 1995.
⸻ . "Guthrie to Show Range in 1999–2000 Season." Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 23, 1999.
Vaughan, Peter. "Penumbra's Staging of 'Can't Cope' is First-Rate, Joyous." Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 10, 1990.
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Bibliography
Brown, Jeffrey, and Sam Lane. "How This Black Theater Group Is Using Art as a Tool to 'Awaken' People." PBS NewsHour, December 21, 2021.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-this-black-theater-group-is-using-art-as-a-tool-to-awaken-people
Butler, Isaac. "Turnovers at the Top: Change the Twin Cities Can Believe In?" American Theater, September 2015.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2015/08/04/turnover-at-the-top-in-the-twin-cities
Collins, Robert. "Robert Collins Reviews the Penumbra Theater [sic] Production 'Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope.’" MPRNews, August 29, 1983.
https://archive.mpr.org/stories/1983/08/29/robert-collins-reviews-the-penumbra-theater
Combs, Marianne. "Penumbra Ends the Year in the Black." MPRNews, December 29, 2008.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2008/12/29/penumbra
⸻ . "Layoffs, Steep Cuts and a Dark Stage for Penumbra." MPRNews, September 6, 2012.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/09/06/layoffs-steep-cuts-and-a-dark-stage-for-penumbra-theatre
⸻ . "Penumbra Theatre Has Selected New Artistic Director." MPRNews, September 6, 2012.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/09/06/penumbra-theatre-has-selected-next-artistic-director
⸻ . "Black History Comes Alive on a Stage, and in a Database." MPRNews, February 21, 2017.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/02/21/penumbra-theatre-at-40-black-history
Curl, Tanner. “MinnPost Festival Spotlight: Sarah Bellamy, Artistic Director at Penumbra Theater, On How Art Can Drive Social Change.” MinnPost, March 30, 2021.
https://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2021/03/minnpost-festival-spotlight-sarah-bellamy-artistic-director-at-penumbra-theatre-on-how-art-can-drive-social-change
Davis, Angela. “Penumbra Theatre’s Sarah Bellamy on Motherhood, Theater, and Racial Healing.” MPRNews, December 18, 2020.
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2020/12/18/penumbra-theatres-sarah-bellamy-on-motherhood-theater-and-racial-healing
Espeland, Pamela. "Aiken’s Lite Brite Mural Lights Up; Tickets on Sale for Penumbra's 'Spunk.'" MinnPost, February 19, 2013.
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2013/02/aikens-lite-brite-mural-lights-tickets-sale-penumbras-spunk
⸻ . “Penumbra to Broaden its Focus; Mia’s ‘Foot in the Door’ Goes Virtual.” MinnPost, August 6, 2020.
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2020/08/penumbra-changing-its-name-mias-foot-in-the-door-goes-virtual
"Faye M. Price Named McKnight Foundation's 2021 Distinguished Artist." American Theatre, October 21, 2021.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/10/21/faye-m-price-named-mcknight-foundations-2021-distinguished-artist
"Final Report Fiscal Year 2012: July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012." Penumbra Theatre Company.
https://www.guidestar.org/ViewEdoc.aspx?eDocId=4235417&approved=true
Gelfand, Lou. "A Critic's Review Can Have an Impact in the Box Office." Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 29, 1990.
Grimes, William. "Laurie Carlos, Actress in 'For Colored Girls,' Dies at 67." New York Times, January 12, 2017.
Guilfoyle, Peg. Offstage Voices: Life in Twin Cities Theater. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015.
Hewitt, Chris. "History Center Celebrates 40 Years of St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre." St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 16, 2017.
https://www.twincities.com/2017/02/16/history-center-celebrates-40-years-of-st-pauls-penumbra-theatre
Iman, Carol. "An Interview with Penumbra Theater's Sarah Bellamy.” Holmes Education Post, January 22, 2012.
Lee, Felicia R. "New Funds Help Revive a Theater in St. Paul." New York Times, January 7, 2013.
Mahala, Macelle. Penumbra: The Premier Stage for African American Drama. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
McKnight Foundation. "Lou Bellamy: 2006 Distinguished Artist."
https://www.mcknight.org/wp-content/uploads/DAA06Bellamy.pdf
Minnesota Historical Society. "Storied: Penumbra, Parts 1–8."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqY-vRLCj-c
MN Original. "August Wilson in St. Paul."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1czXv6U_64
⸻ . "Penumbra Theatre."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNXOYJggPsY
Nahmad, Valerie. "Inside OKRA: A 'Spark of Life' at Penumbra Theatre Company." Knight Foundation, May 5, 2011.
https://knightfoundation.org/articles/inside-okra-a-spark-of-life-at-penumbra-theatre-company
Nguyen, Christine T. “ChangeMakers: Lou and Sarah Bellamy, Using Theater to Give Voice.” MPRNews, February 28, 2019.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/02/27/changemakers-lou-and-sarah-bellamy-using-theater-to-give-voice
“Penumbra Theatre at 40: Art, Race, and a Nation on Stage.” Exhibit text, Minnesota History Center, 2017.
Penumbra Theatre.
https://penumbratheatre.org
Preston, Rohan. "Black Theater: The Next Stage." Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 15, 1998.
⸻ . "Williams Play Soared on Wings of Grace." Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 26, 1999.
⸻ . "Penumbra Gets Its Budget Back on Track." Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 14, 2013.
⸻ . "Two Minnesota Women Juggle Art and Motherhood While Redefining the Role of a Theater Leader." Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 15, 2017.
⸻ . "Penumbra Theatre Leader Sarah Bellamy Readies a Vision to Meet the Moment." Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 6, 2020.
Roberts, Kate. “Penumbra Theatre: Forty Years of Nurturing A Black Performing Arts Community.” Minnesota History 65, no. 5 (Spring 2017): 178–187.
http://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/65/v65i05p178-187.pdf
Rothstein, Mervyn. "Festival Sets Goal for Black Theater: New Togetherness." New York Times, August 17, 1989.
Sarah Bellamy.
https://www.sbellamy.com
Steele, Mike, and Peter Vaughan. "Playwright Hopes 'Café Desire' is More than 'Strange Comedy.'" Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 28, 1987.
Steele, Mike. "'Black Nativity' Looks Beyond Dated Simplicity." Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 27, 1989.
⸻ . "Penumbra's 'Jar the Floor' is Warm and Well-Acted." Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 19, 1994.
⸻ . "Penumbra: Out of the Shadows. Theater's Growth Mirrors Bellamy's: No Need to Prove Anything Anymore." Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 4, 1994.
⸻ . "Penumbra's Comedy 'Three Ways Home' Has Underlying Pain." Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 19, 1995.
⸻ . "Guthrie to Show Range in 1999–2000 Season." Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 23, 1999.
Vaughan, Peter. "Penumbra's Staging of 'Can't Cope' is First-Rate, Joyous." Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 10, 1990.