Penumbra 43rd Season State of Emergence

PENUMBRA

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LETTER FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR We are becoming our better selves.

Let us remember that justice is worthy of our attention, worthy of our labor, worthy of risking ourselves. If we

In this chaotic time, many of us need respite. No one can

can bear to look at who we are, there we will find

fight all of the time. This is why we need community: so

our way back home.

when one falls or fails or becomes fatigued, there are others to stand in the gap.

We can make our world anew.

It takes time to rest and to heal. And then we can call on the This season at Penumbra, we look. We search the human deepest part of ourselves. Motivated only by love—for our

heart laid bare by brave artists. We search for the clues to

earth, our communities, our children—we ready ourselves to

lead us back to our moral center, to fortify and draw us

rise again.

together, shoulder to shoulder, to stand in between the chaos and our most precious, tender loves. Join us as we do the

It was June Jordan who wrote, “we are the ones we have

work to get us back to center, back to whole, and home to

been waiting for.” Indeed. What power, what joy, in knowing

our highest selves.

that we have what we need to do what we must.

Change is upon us. Isn’t it electrifying?

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“PIPELINE CONFIRMS DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU’S REPUTATION AS A PLAYWRIGHT OF PIERCING ELOQUENCE” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

IS THERE NO WAY OUT? Dominique Morisseau’s

PIPELINE

Directed by Lou Bellamy

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Omari is caught between two worlds.

Raised in the city, he attends a private college preparatory school upstate, far from his roots and his family. His mother, Nya, is walking a tightrope: send him away and risk the dangers of discrimination, or keep him near and tempt the trouble waiting on the block. After a run in with a white teacher, the halls of his elite school turn out to be as unsafe as the city’s streets. A searing story of a mother trying to protect her young son from a world that can’t see the little boy she loves.

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OCTOBER 3 THROUGH OCTOBER 27, 2019 ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Dominique Morisseau is an acclaimed playwright, actor, and 2018 MacArthur Fellow whose stirring, compassionate work captures the lives of people in communities grappling with economic and social change. Through lyrical dialogue, she conjures emotionally complex characters and reveals their humor, vulnerability, and fortitude in the face of profound struggle. Her work has been staged and commissioned by celebrated companies including Steppenwolf Theatre, the Hip Hop Theater Festival, the Public Theater, and Penumbra Theatre.

BOOKEND CLASSES OCTOBER 7 AND 28 AT 12:30PM Learn more about the play with other curious theatre lovers! At the first Bookend class, explore the script and gain insight into the production. Then, see the play on your own. Finally, return for the second Bookend class to enjoy a lively discussion about the issues the play illuminates.

POST-PLAY DISCUSSIONS OCTOBER 10, 17, AND 24 Stay after the play for a moderated conversation with the artists to learn more about the work and hear the unexpected stories behind its creation.

D O M I N I Q U E M O R I S S E A U ’ S

DIRECTED BY LOU BELLAMY

ON STAGE

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“THE STORY OF A FAMILY SEEKING REFUGE IN A HOSTILE LAND SEEMS MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER” –STAR TRIBUNE

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ON STAGE

L A N G S T O N

H U G H E S ’

BLACK

NATIVITY DIRECTED BY LOU BELLAMY

LET US REJOICE TOGETHER Langston Hughes’

BLACK NATIVITY

Directed by Lou Bellamy Musical direction by Sanford Moore with the Kingdom Life Church Choir and choreography by Uri Sands

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– It’s that time of year again!

Penumbra’s timeless holiday tradition returns to light up the stage and your heart. Under the direction of Lou Bellamy and the musical direction of Sanford Moore, our homegrown Christmas show features exceptional lead vocalists, the outstanding Kingdom Life Church Choir, and the stirring choreography of Uri Sands of TU Dance. Join us for a celebration full of joy, community, and spirit.

NOVEMBER 21 THROUGH DECEMBER 22, 2019 ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Langston Hughes was an American poet, novelist, and playwright whose African American themes made him a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. He wrote with the gifted ear of a poet, but in a language that seemed to spring organically from within black culture, infused with notes from Africa, the Caribbean, Mexico and the American South. His prolific body of work, including Montage of a Dream Deferred, Black Nativity and the co-edited anthology The Book of Negro Folklore, celebrates the vitality, the creativity, and the resilience of black people in the United States.

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“CLAUDIA RANKINE’S . . . SEARING MIND AND SHARP SENSE OF HUMOR GIVE US MUCH TO DEBATE, PONDER, AND LOVE ABOUT THE AMERICAN RACE STORY WHEN WE NEED IT MOST” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU. Claudia Rankine’s

THE WHITE CARD

Regional Premiere Directed by Talvin Wilks

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Virginia and Charles are wealthy, white arts patrons with a keen interest in racial injustice. Over time they have acquired an impressive collection of contemporary art depicting the violence exacted against black Americans. Tonight, they are excited to host Charlotte, a black photographer on the verge of great renown, at a private dinner in their home. As the conversation ventures into our current political climate from the first champagne toast, it’s clear neither artist nor collector is what the other may have expected. With incisive wit, Rankine’s play turns the camera from the casualties to the collectors.

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FEBRUARY 6 THROUGH MARCH 1, 2020 ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Claudia Rankine is a poet, essayist, playwright, and multi-media artist whose work conveys a moral abhorrence of racism and yearning for social justice.

Her five volumes of poetry, two plays, and various essays have won widespread acclaim, including the 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Award and the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry for her book-length poem Citizen: An American Lyric. Rankine has taught at Case Western Reserve University, Barnard College, and the University of Georgia. She is currently the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.

BOOKEND CLASSES FEBRUARY 10 AND MARCH 2 AT 12:30PM Learn more about the play with other curious theatre lovers! At the first Bookend class, explore the script and gain insight into the production. Then, see the play on your own.

Finally, return for the second Bookend class to enjoy a lively discussion about the issues the play illuminates.

POST-PLAY DISCUSSIONS FEBRUARY 13, 20, AND 27 Stay after the play for a moderated conversation with the artists to learn more about the work and hear the unexpected stories behind its creation.

PHOTOS: JAMELLE BOUIE

DIRECTED BY TALVIN WILKS

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HOW BLACK MOTHERS SAYI LOVE YOU

TREY ANTHONY’S

DIRECTED BY SIGNE HARRIDAY

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ON STAGE

“I COME FROM THIS LEGACY OF WOMEN WHO LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN BEHIND… THIS PLAY WAS REALLY A WAY FOR ME TO EXAMINE HOW THIS AFFECTED US” – PLAYWRIGHT TREY ANTHONY

FORGIVENESS IS A LIFELONG JOURNEY Trey Anthony’s

HOW BLACK MOTHERS SAY I LOVE YOU Regional Premiere Directed by Signe Harriday

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Daphne had her first child at seventeen years old. Her second came two years later. And then she made the hardest decision of her life: to leave the girls in Jamaica while she went to the United States, working several grueling jobs to earn enough money to send for them. Six years later, her daughters, Claudette and Valerie, joined her stateside.

Though reunited, the wounds of departure still sting and Daphne’s monumental sacrifice feels mostly like abandonment to her girls. Now adults, the tables turn as Claudette and Valerie must care for their mom in the sunset of her life. A poignant story of mothers and daughters aching to reach each other with unconditional love before it’s too late.

APRIL 23 THROUGH MAY 17, 2020 ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Award-winning playwright Trey Anthony was the first black Canadian woman to have her own program on a prime-time network. Based on her ground-breaking play of the same name, ‘da Kink in My Hair was a television hit that put her on the global map.

Trey is a former television producer for the Women’s Television Network, a writer for the Comedy Network, and the executive producer of the Urban Women’s Comedy Festival.

She co-wrote I Am Not a Dinner Mint and produced the play Secrets of a Black Boy.

BOOKEND CLASSES APRIL 27 AND MAY 18 AT 12:30PM Learn more about the play with other curious theatre lovers! At the first Bookend class, explore the script and gain insight into the production. Then, see the play on your own. Finally, return for the second Bookend class to enjoy a lively discussion about the issues the play illuminates.

POST-PLAY DISCUSSIONS APRIL 30, MAY 7, AND 14 Stay after the play for a moderated conversation with the artists to learn more about the work and hear the unexpected stories behind its creation.

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PENUMBRA’S LET’S TALK SERIES CREATES SPACE FOR COMPASSIONATE AND CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS AROUND ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND THE ARTS. HOSTED BY SARAH BELLAMY, THE EVENT BEGINS AT 6PM WITH REFRESHMENTS AND LIGHT BITES, FOLLOWED BY A 90-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION.

UP FROM EMERGENCY

BECOMING: NEW WORK FROM THE ASHE LAB

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In a time of deliberate distraction and discombobulation, how do we re-center ourselves and focus our precious energies? What practices are artists and healers bringing to community organizing that repair and sustain? What stories nourish our collective spirit? Join us as we face the coming year with courage, focus, and a sense of renewal.

Early expressions of power and place emerge from collaborative, interdisciplinary work. Join us to witness work in progress from the inaugural cohort of Penumbra’s Ashe Lab.

POSSIBLY: IDEAS FROM THE ASHE LAB

SANKOFA: LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 RECEPTION AT 6PM; PROGRAM AT 7PM

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2019 RECEPTION AT 6PM; PROGRAM AT 7PM

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MONDAY MARCH 23, 2020 RECEPTION AT 6PM; PROGRAM AT 7PM

MONDAY MAY 11, 2020 RECEPTION AT 6PM; PROGRAM AT 7PM

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The Ashe Lab is a two-year interdisciplinary residency program nurturing black artists to create beautiful, radical, life-giving art that answers our communities’ most pressing needs. Hear from the inaugural cohort as they begin their journey together.

For 43 years Penumbra created art that called our community to convene, to dream, to heal, and to face some of our nation’s most difficult and brightest moments. Join us as we lift up our history and learn more about where we’re headed. A celebration of our work, our artists, and our future.

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JOIN US FOR FILM SCREENINGS FOLLOWED

BY A PROVOCATIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE THEMES. REEL TALKS ARE FREE BUT RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. WRESTLE

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO

MORE THAN A MATCH

REVISITING A LEGEND

MONDAY OCTOBER 14, 2019 AT 7PM

MONDAY JANUARY 20, 2020 AT 7PM

96 minutes, 2018

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– This intimate documentary follows the wrestling team at JO Johnson High School in Huntsville, which has been on Alabama’s failing schools list for many years. As they fight their way towards the State Championship and the doors they hope it will open, wrestlers Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan each face injustices and challenges on and off the mat. Through it all, these young heroes strive towards their goals with humor and grit. Wrestle is an inspiring coming-of-age journey and an impassioned depiction of growing up disadvantaged in America today.

CHARM CITY

108 minutes, 2018 TO THE ROOTS / TO THE BONE

MONDAY APRIL 6, 2020 AT 7PM

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Filmed during three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore, Charm City delivers a powerfully candid portrait of those on the frontlines. With grit, fury, and compassion, a group of police, citizens, community leaders and government officials grapple with the consequences of violence and try to reclaim their city’s future.

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93 minutes, 2016

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished: a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words, as read by actor Samuel L. Jackson. Alongside a flood of rich archival material, the film draws upon Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore and bring a fresh perspective to our current racial narrative. Raoul Peck’s Oscar-nominated documentary is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.

TALK REEL

REEL TALK

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THE PENUMBRA METHOD – LIVING OUR MISSION Penumbra’s mission extends beyond the stage. Since 2006 we have invested in artists who are trained in our signature method of art for social change. Whether our teams are working with ten year olds to create a culture of inclusion at school, or training adults to foster equity inside community organizations and businesses, Penumbra’s highly customized curricula drives positive change for our partner institutions. There are many ways to catalyze change in your world. Talk with us about how we might support your vision for a more compassionate, inclusive, and equitable community today.

RACE WORKSHOP

RESIDENCIES

Organizations across the country approach Penumbra Theatre each year to encourage dialogue and engagement around the issues of race and equity.

Penumbra’s RACE Workshop combines expert facilitation, a powerful exploration of race in America, monologues from brave artists, and opportunities for participants to use theatre as a way to learn, solve problems, and rehearse strategies to promote positive social change. The process celebrates difference, recognizes cultural nuance, and invites everyone to participate in the dialogue. Learn how you can book a RACE Workshop for your community today at penumbratheatre.org/services!

Penumbra works with a select number of schools each year to create specially made residency programs designed to power communities toward positive social change. Whether just beginning the work or looking to advance a mission-based commitment to justice, we build deep, ongoing relationships with schools to support the creation of vibrant, healthy communities for children and adults. Penumbra’s programming is rigorous, immersive, and sustains schools in sincere efforts to celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity, and to address inequity where it exists.

“The entire discussion gave me so much to think about. It was personal and moving, and encouraged self examination in a productive way.”

–Julie, RACE Workshop Participant

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“Our work with Penumbra has made a substantial impact on the diversity and inclusion initiatives at our school….No other such opportunity in recent memory has elicited the same widespread, visceral, positive response as this, from students and adults alike.”

–Karen Dye, St. Paul Academy and Summit School

EQUITY TRAINING

EQUITY TRAINING

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