Special Guest

is the founder and artistic director of Penumbra Theatre. Under his leadership, Penumbra has produced 23 world premieres, including August Wilson’s first professional production, and is proud to have produced more of Mr. Wilson’s plays than any theater in the world. Bellamy is an OBIE Award-winning director, an accomplished actor, and sought-after scholar. He has been a member of the University of Minnesota’s faculty for 32 years and is currently appointed to the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Recent directing credits include Penumbra’s productions of A Raisin in the Sun and Gem of the Ocean presented at the Guthrie Theater, Fences and The Piano Lesson at Penumbra, Two Trains Running at the Signature Theatre in New York, Jitney at Kansas City Repertory Theatre and Arizona Theatre Company, and the staged reading of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at the Kennedy Center.