Accessibility

We strive to make our events accessible and welcoming for all our patrons.

General Information
When purchasing tickets, please alert Patron Services of any accommodation or assistance needed. If you have specific program questions or would like an accommodation not listed here, please contact our Patron Services team at 651.224.3180 or boxoffice@penumbratheatre.org.

Building Accessibility
Our building is accessible. There are handicap parking spaces available in the adjacent parking lot as well as a drop off round about, curb cut-outs, and an automated door into the building. There are no steps leading into the theatre. Seating is available for patrons with limited mobility.

Access Tickets
We offer $5 access tickets to every event, so that price is never a barrier to participation. Available on a first come, first served basis using the promo code listed on the event page – no additional discounts apply. If you would like to participate as an individual or an organization, please contact Whitney Blount Smith at whitney.blountsm@penumbratheatre.org to learn more.

We also offer student discounts, with valid student ID, and senior discounts for those 62 and older.

Physical Accessibility
We have seating that is available for patrons utilizing wheelchairs or other forms of mobility assistance, such as walkers. Wheelchair and walker accessible seating is available in row G, along with companion seating. You can purchase one companion seat for each wheelchair seat purchased. If additional assistance is required, please let Patron Services know when ordering tickets and a staff person will be available to meet you.

Assisted Listening & ASL Performances
Hearing assistance devices are available from our Patron Services for any performance. ASL interpreted performances are available for all mainstage shows. Specific performances are identified on our event pages.

Low-Vision Services
Large print playbills are available from our Box Office before performances.

Service Animals
Service animals, such as guide dogs, are permitted with advance notice to assist Penumbra patrons.

ADA Restrooms
General restrooms are located off of the main lobby. These are ADA accessible restrooms but do not have automated doors.

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
—Angela Davis, Activist, professor, and author

“We tend to think of healing as something binary. But healing and growth take place on a continuum, with innumerable points between utter brokenness and total health.”
—Dr. Resmaa Menakem, Therapist, author, and trauma specialist

“I believe that one of the most beautiful things about theater is that no one artist can do it alone.”
—Harrison David Rivers, Playwright and Penumbra company member

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—Audre Lorde, Black feminist, lesbian, poet, mother, warrior

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—Rev. Jesse Jackson, American civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and political activist

“Within Penumbra's walls, a genuine spirit of care breathes and thrives, weaving a rich and tender atmosphere where creative courage is not just invited, but deeply embraced.”
—Lester Purry, Actor and Penumbra company member