Company

Idris Ackamoor
James T. Alfred
David Alan Anderson
Estelene Bell
Lou Bellamy
Lucas Bellamy*
Terry Bellamy*
Horace Bond*
Carlyle Brown
Michael Henry Brown*
Yolande Bruce*
Benny S. Cannon*
Laurie Carlos*
Joe Carter*
Dara Ceasar
Danny Clark*
James Craven
Earl Dossett*
Edna Duncan
Hassan El-Amin
Abdul Salaam El Razzac*
Kim Euell
Crystal Fox
Kathryn Gagnon*
H. Adam Harris
Ernie Hudson
Rex Isom Jr.
Tonia Jackson
John Earl Jelks
Mazi Johnson*
Daniel Alexander Jones
Jake-Ann Jones
Rhodessa Jones
Seitu Kenneth Jones
Tisch Jones
Marvette Knight
Erika LaVonn
Gavin Lawrence
Hannibal Lokumbe
Tia Mann-Evans*
Robbie McCauley*
Marion McClinton*
Sanford Moore
Greta Oglesby
Faye M. Price
Pam Pryor
Claude Purdy*
Lester Purry
T. Mychael Rambo
Rebecca Rice*
Ronald Alois Schultz
Dennis W. Spears
Jevetta Steele
Thomasina Taylor-Petrus
Austene Van
Reverend Carl Walker
Mike Wangen*
Kevin D. West
Deidrea Whitlock*
Jennifer Whitlock
Lewis Whitlock*
Stew Widdess
William Byrd Wilkins*
Talvin Wilks
James A. Williams
Regina Marie Williams
August Wilson*
Mary K. Winchell
William S. Yellow Robe*
Ahanti Young
Shay Youngblood*

*Deceased

“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

“You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.”
—Audre Lorde, Black feminist, lesbian, poet, mother, warrior

“You cannot give energy if you’re not on fire on the inside.”
—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