Lou Bellamy
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- Two one-acts take Penumbra to a revealing, unsettling place
MPR’s Marianne Combs reports on Penumbra Theatre’s opening run of The Dutchman and The Owl Answers - two surreal one-act plays that explore race relations, sexual politics and biracial identity.
- Penumbra's "The Ballad of Emmett Till" and the legacy of violence
MPR’s Kerri Miller has a conversation with Lou Bellamy, co-artistic director of Penumbra Theatre, and Ifa Bayeza, playwright of The Ballad of Emmett Till, about the themes of the play and its relevance to current tragic events concerning young men of color.
- Penumbra Theatre's plan to strengthen organization
MPR’s Euan Kerr reports on announcement of Sarah Bellamy as new artistic director at Penumbra Theatre and its five-year plan in stabilizing organization after financial struggle.
- Friday Roundtable: Bellamy, George, and Harris discuss building blocks of their success
On this edition of Daily Circuit’s Friday Roundtable, panelists Lou Bellamy, Trista Harris, and Bill George discuss ‘what made them.’
- Penumbra founder Lou Bellamy reflects on theatre's near-closure
MPR’s Tom Weber speaks with Lou Bellamy, artistic director of The Penumbra Theatre, about organization overcoming recent financial crisis.
- New health care law / Lou Bellamy reflects / What if we could all become cyborgs?
New health care law means costs will go up for some. Guests: Stephen Parente / Penumbra founder Lou Bellamy reflects on theater's near-closure / BBC Discovery: What if we could all become cyborgs?
- Penumbra Theatre set to reopen after donors step up
St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre says it's ready to raise the curtain once again.
- Lou Bellamy on Penumbra's financial struggles
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Lou Bellamy, artistic director of Penumbra Theatre, on the financial struggles affecting the organization. The nationally-acclaimed African-American theater company will stage no shows this season and has laid off a third of its 16 full-time staff members.
- Classic James Baldwin play "The Amen Corner" packs a contemporary punch
Penumbra Theater is presenting James Baldwin's The Amen Corner at the Guthrie. Director Lou Bellamy says he's waited 30 years to do the show, but now he has all the elements he needs, including his own perspective.
- Bellamy, Rambo, and Harrison on the legacy of the Black Arts Movement
As part of Arts Week, MPR’s Marianne Combs has a conversation with scholar Paul Carter Harrison and Penumbra’s Lou Bellamy. The group discusses the history behind the Black Arts Movement and its impact.
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