Director, Two Trains Running

Other theatres: Fences (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); A Raisin in the Sun (Penumbra Theatre/Cleveland Play House/Arizona Theatre Company); Radio Golf (Kansas City Repertory, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House); Gem of the Ocean (Penumbra production presented at Guthrie Theater); Black Pearl Sings!, Radio Golf, Fences, The Piano Lesson (Penumbra Theatre); Two Trains Running (Signature Theatre); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (a Penumbra/Arizona Theatre Company coproduction staged in Phoenix, Tucson and Guthrie Theater); the world premiere of I Wish You Love (Penumbra/Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts/Hartford Stage). 

Other credits: Founder and artistic director of Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, Minn. During his 35-year tenure, Penumbra has evolved into one of America’s premier theatres dedicated to dramatic exploration of the African American experience. Under his leadership, Penumbra has produced 25 world premieres, including August Wilson’s first professional production, and has produced more of Mr. Wilson’s plays than any other theatre.

Teaching: Associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Minnesota. 

Awards: OBIE Award (Two Trains Running, Signature Theatre).