African American theater

Black and white photo of three actors in costume as soldiers. One stands, smoking a cigarette, another stands with one hand in his pocket, and one sits playing an acoustic guitar.

Black and white photo of four actors on stage. Three are men, gathered at one side of a stage, looking towards a woman, holding up her hand in disdain.

Black and white portrait depicting five actors, two men and three women, in costume, all holding champagne glasses.

Black and white portrait depicting three actors in costume, standing together on stage. A typed caption on the photo reads as follows:

Black Nativity by Langston Hughes. Directed and Choreographed by Lewis Whitlock III. [Three] Shepherds from Black Nativity. Pictured in photo: (left to right) Richard DuShaine, Dawn Bentley, and Bruce Thompson. Photo Credit: Connie Jerome.

Black and white photo of six actors in costume, standing together on a stage, smiling.

Black and white photo of the HQB Dramatics class in various costumes, posing for the camera. Note on the back reads as follows:

Theodore (Ted) Allen, Ermine Hall-Allen, Mary Bell Lyle, [and] Jack Neal.

Professional black and white portrait depicting four actors, three men and one woman, dressed in cowboy/entertainer costumes, on set.

Black and white photo of four actors on a stage. Three of the actors are gathered around one who is counting money. The following is a typed caption for the image:

Marion McClinton (lower left), Abdul Razzac (standing), Latifu, and Walter Pridgen in a scene from Charles Smith's prizewinning Jelly Belly Don't Mess With Nobody, closing April 27 with performances at Penumbra Theater, 8 p.m. Thursday thru Sunday.

Black and white photo of 10 adults and one child actor, standing side-by-side in costume, linking arms.

This series contains slides which center on plays produced by Penumbra Theatre Company.