Scripted by Associate Professor Lou Bellamy and Affiliate Acting Faculty T. Mychael Rambo, directed by Associate Professor Dominic Taylor, sound and video design by Associate Professor Martin Gwinup, and featuring Affiliate Dance Faculty Marciano Silva Dos Santos, Penumbra's annual holiday production, Black Nativity, features numerous U of M Theatre Arts and Dance faculty members. Alumni have also played a role in the production's creation. MFA alum Kalere Payton is the Assistant Costume Designer and BA alum Steve Horstmann is the production's Properties Master.
For more information about the production:
'Black Nativity' jazzed up but stays true - Rohan Preston, Star Tribune
'Black Nativity': familiar and fine - Dominic Papatola, Pioneer Press
Finding Minnesota: Penumbra's 'Black Nativity' - Angela Davis
Penumbra's Black Nativity uplifts and perseveres - Quinton Skinner
