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Recognizing the work of Penumbra Theatre and proclaiming Founder & Artistic Director Lou Bellamy and Playwright & Associate Artistic Director Dominic Taylor as honorary goodwill ambassadors for the City of Saint Paul.
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WHEREAS, the Penumbra Theatre Company was founded in 1976 in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota by Obie-award winning Louis Bellamy, who created Penumbra to make socially responsible art - art with intent, art that creates change; and
WHEREAS, Penumbra has produced over 150 main stage productions in over 3 decades of continuous existence in Saint Paul, Minnesota’s capitol city, with over 30 world premieres; and
WHEREAS, Penumbra has achieved a national presence beyond its Saint Paul home, with presentations at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Cleveland Play House in Cleveland, Ohio; the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island; the Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland; the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota; the Signature Theatre Company in New York, New York; the Arizona Theatre Company in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona, among others; and
WHEREAS, Penumbra is nationally recognized as the definitive interpreter of the works of two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson, and has produced more August Wilson plays than any other theatre in the country;
WHEREAS, Penumbra reaches more than 40,000 people of all backgrounds every year through its performances, and over 5,000 students annually through its Education Outreach and Summer Institute programs; and
WHEREAS, Penumbra is the nation’s largest professional African American performing arts theatre, and Minnesota’s only such theatre, contributing over $2 million annually to the local economy; and
WHEREAS, under Mr. Bellamy’s continuous leadership, Penumbra Theatre has stayed on the cutting edge of the national theatre scene, and c...
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