Directions

Plan your visit to Penumbra.

Address
270 North Kent Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102

Building
We are located in the City of Saint Paul’s Martin Luther King Recreation Center, home to Penumbra and the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center. Enter on the North Kent Street side of the building through the main entrance, and turn right into our lobby.

Parking
Free parking is available in our lot and nearby on the street. Our parking lot is located off North Kent Street and Iglehart Avenue, near the main entrance of the building. Street parking is available on Igelhart Avenue, North Kent Street, and Marshall Avenue. During snow emergencies, please visit the City of Saint Paul’s website for snow plow information.

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“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