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The Penumbra Theatre Company, an African-American theatre company in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was founded by Lou Bellamy in 1976. The theater has been recognized for its artistic quality and its role in launching the careers of playwrights including two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 1980, Saint Paul resident Sally Ordway Irvine (a 3M heiress and arts patron) dreamed of a European-style concert hall offering "everything from opera to the Russian circus". She contributed $7.5 million—a sum matched by other members of the Ordway family—toward the facility's cost.
The theater currently seats 2,579 guests with 1,500 on the main floor and 1,100 on the three-level balcony, making it the largest of the three Hennepin Avenue theaters. [ 3 ] Productions that have originated at the Orpheum included Victor/Victoria and The 101 Dalmatians Musical , the pre-Broadway world premiere of The Lion King and the national ...
The Fitzgerald Theater is the oldest active theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the home of American Public Media's Live from Here (formerly A Prairie Home Companion). [2] It was one of many theaters built by the Shubert Theatre Corporation , and was initially named the Sam S. Shubert Theater. [ 3 ]
The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The concept of the theater was born in 1959 in a series of discussions among Sir Tyrone Guthrie , Oliver Rea and Peter Zeisler.
The theater originally seated 2,300 people on the main floor and one balcony, and was part of the Finkelstein & Ruben circuit [3] – a large regional chain that developed several other theaters in downtown Saint Paul, including the Princess (1909–1931) and the Capitol (1920–1965), as well as the State Theatre in Minneapolis.
Gremlin Theatre is a small, nonprofit, professional theatre company based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States.Gremlin primarily performs actor-centered plays in the classic American style of realism, seeking, as their mission statement reads, "to provide artistically brilliant, accessible, and enjoyable theatrical experiences."