February 23, 1999 - The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis has announced its 1999-2000 season. While it maintains the Guthrie's devotion to the classics, it also feature new works, including a musical that wowed critics in London and another collaboration with St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre.
February 6, 1998 - Lou Bellamy, Penumbra's artistic director, says his theater has outgrown its current home in the Hallie Q. Brown/Martin Luther King Center and is looking to be a part of African American arts complex in St. Paul.
May 14, 1997 - For the first time in it's 20-year history, St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre Company will perform August Wilson’s “Fences” on the stage of the region's best known theater, the Guthrie, in Minneapolis.
April 15, 1996 - MPR’s John Rabe talks with Lou Bellamy, artistic director of Penumbra Theatre, about the arts organization celebrating its 20th season.
December 18, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota interview with Lou Bellamy, director of the Penumbra Theatre. MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Bellamy about race and the arts.
December 18, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota interview with Lou Bellamy, director of the Penumbra Theatre. MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Bellamy about family and growing up in St. Paul.
September 22, 1995 - Lou Bellamy directs "Big White Fog" at the Guthrie Theater. Bellamy talks about the racial issues in play that are still in the contemporary culture. Feature includes clips from play.
January 24, 1995 - MPR’s Greta Cunningham talks with Lou Bellamy, artistic director at Penumbra Theatre, about playwright August Wilson and his latest play "Seven Guitars."
January 27, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on Penumbra Theatre play “King of Coons.” The play is a portrayal of Black film comedian Stepin Fetchit.
September 17, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on playwright John B. Davidson’s “The Last Minstrel Show,” being performed at The Penumbra Theatre. The play is about the lynching of three African American circus workers in Duluth on June 15th, 1920.