Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers marks an extraordinary collaborative effort by an Assinibione playwright and the director of America’s preeminent African American theatre company. The project is living testimony of Penumbra’s mission.  The theatre’s goal is to encourage and facilitate a culturally diverse and all-inclusive America by using theatre to teach, criticize, comment and model.  Penumbra is proud to join forces with Trinity Repertory Company of Providence, Rhode Island.  As partners launching the world premiere of this powerful play, they pool their resources in order to extend the reach of both theaters.  Together, the two theatres embark on a national tour, and inaugurate America’s first fully mounted production by a regional theater of a Native American play by an Assinibione playwright.

Trinity Repertory Company
Since its founding in 1964, Trinity Repertory Company has been one of the most respected regional theaters in the country. Led by Executive Director Edgar Dobie and Acting Artistic Director Amanda Dehnert, featuring an acclaimed resident acting company, Trinity Rep presents a balance of world premiere, contemporary, and classic works, including seven subscription productions, an annual production of A Christmas Carol, and the Trinity Summer Shakespeare Project, for an estimated annual audience of nearly 160,000. In its 41-year history, the theater has presented nearly 50 world premieres, mounted national and international tours, and, through its graduate-level theater arts conservatory, trained hundreds of new actors and directors. For more information, visit www.trinityrep.com.