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Penumbra Theatre, a mission-driven arts organization, promotes the idea that the ultimate role of the arts is to provoke thought, challenge ideas, redefine humanity and create dialogue. We are not in the business to entertain; we are in the business to create social change. This is the model we use at Summer Institute to help students understand the concept of responsible artistry - it is one the company has been perfecting for over three decades. It is also the model that has made Penumbra Theatre Company the preeminent African American theatre company in the nation.

On average, 60% of accepted students to Summer Institute require scholarships to cover the $400 tuition.  All new donations to Summer Institute will be matched Dollar-for-Dollar by the Surdna Foundation!

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 Saint Paul, MN  55102

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Summer Institute 2012 was generously supported by:

Best Buy Children's Foundation
Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc.
Jostens Foundation
Medtronic Foundation
Ramsey Hill Association
RBC Wealth Management
Surdna Foundation
Xcel Energy Foundation

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Elizabeth Allis and William Elwood
Marjorie Anderson and Gerald Cleveland
Philip Anderson
I. Shelby Andress
Howard Ansel
Linda Aronson
Jane and Stephen Aufmuth
Mike Bailey
Pamela and Steven Baker
Carol Barnett
Caroline and John Bassett
Joyce Bell
Olivia Belote
Bara Berg
Monica Billy
Margie and Tim Blevins
Eve Borenstein and Candace Falk
Mary and Richard Brainerd
Cheryl and Lance Brockman
Jocelyn Broyles and Ellouise Broyles
Addie and Patrick Bruner
Sue Budd
Mariann and Paul Budde
Karen Buskey
Scott Cabalka
Maureen Cannon
Anne and John Caruso
Susan Jane Cheney
Christiana Clark
Dana and Jacqueline Clark
Beth Cleary and Peter Rachleff
Shirvalen and Shon Crowley
John Culhane
Kristin and Clint Cutler
Marcella and Alfred Daniels
Bernice and F. Garvin Davenport
Thomas Davis
Shondra Dickson
Maureen and Art Dollase
Nancy and Albert Dorris
Susan and Paul Dragsten
Dorothy Drake
Lois and Joseph Duffy
Nathan Duhon
Rachael Dziuk
Kathleen and David Edmond
Nedra and Raymond Fears
Michelle Fondell
Jean Forster
Ann and William Fox
Charlotte Frank
Robbin Frazier and Terri Carver
Kay Fredericks and Dick Cisek
Susan Fuller
Nancy Fushan
Valerie Geaither
Celia and Hillel Gershenson
Gayle and Greg Gilreath
Marcia and Raymond Giske
Rosemary Goff and Bob Toborg
Christine Gordon
Marilyn and William Gorham
Loriann Granados
Amanda Green
Gay Greiter
Mark Grim
Joan Grothe
Melanie and Martin Grune
Sue Ann Guildermann and Stephen Phillipps
Lesley Guyton
Susan and Tom Handley
Jackie Hanson
Leslie Hanson
Margaret  Hanson
Deadria Harrington
Marlys and Norman Harris
Melissa Hart
Susan Hasti and Michael Friedman
Kathleen and Bob Hauer
Pamela Hauer
Carolyn Healy
Laurie Hertzel and Doug Iverson
Kim Hewitt
Mary and Clinton Hewitt
Patricia and Gregg Hickey
Sandy Hicks
Laura Sue Hillard
Beth Hvass and Anne Pflugi
Deborah Ingebretsen
Carol Irish and Dan Welch
Carol and Thomas Jackson
Gina Jarvi
Mary Jarvis and Michael Meyer
Suzanne Jebe
Michele Jiosne and Robert Stratton
Josie Johnson
Linda Johnson
Tonia Jones Peterson
Erin Kelly-Collins
Sheryl Kempf
Pat Kent
Rosemary Kessler and Kevin Filter
Mary Jo Kingston and Brady West
Enid Kivuti
Anne and Larry Klueh

Mary Kokernot
Illenin Kondo
Margaret Kramer
Sonja Kuftinec and Andy Arsham
Ruth Ladwig
Margaret Lafleur
Jane Laine
David Larson
Denise and Michael Lee
Gwen and Irving Lerner
Karen Listgarten and Steve Robb
Lyle Lofgren
Mary and Doug Logeland
Ann Long
Jean Loudon and Gorden Hedahl
Margaret Lovejoy
Sharon Lovo
Caliann Lum
Stuart MacDonald
Susie and Roderick Macpherson
Ruth Markowitz
Gaye and Harold Massey
Mary Jo Maynes
Elizabeth McCambridge
Terry McClellan
Jan and Rodney McGee
Anne McInerney
Mark McLellan
Miquel McMoore
Lois Meerwald
Lynne Menturweck and Steve Dombrosk
Sandra and Dennis Mickelson
Virginia and Duff Miller
David Mirambeaux
Quentin Moore
Jane and Jack Moran
Mary Morehouse
Norine Moulsoff
Danette and Timothy Mulhere
Richard Murray
Sarah Ndyajunwoha
Susan and Mark Nestegard
Cynthia Noet
Karen and Craig Norman
Jane Ochrymowycz
Richard Olson
Roberta and Ray Olson
Molly O'Shaughnessy and Mike Monahan
Kathleen Papatola
Meredith Pauling
Shirley Pearl
Robyn Perry
Gloria Peterson and James McCarthy
Polly Peterson
Deb and Michael Pleasants
Elisa Pluhar
Patricia Pool
Chris and Dwight Porter
Polly and William Posten
T. Mychael Rambo
Andrew Rapoport
Reva Rasmussen
Martha and David Raymond
Josephine Reed-Taylor and David Taylor
Martha Rhode
Carri Rin Tacheny
Andrea and Tom Robbins
Roslyn Robertson
Amanda Roll-Kuhne and Michael Kuhne
Sarah Romans
James Rone
Teana Rosario
Gregg Rotvold
Dawn Sahouani
Jeanne Schleh
Marcia and Stephen Schultz
Dan Schwartz
Barbara Shelton
John Shepard
Tonia Shupien
Robyn and Frank Sims
Ann and Wayne Sisel
Elizabeth Slocum and Robert Brown
Holly Anne Slocum and Paul Gunther
Mary Small
George Stevens
Lois and William Stevens
Judy Stewart
Margaret Sullivan and Jay Lindgren
Dale Swanson
Suzanne Swanson
Christine Swartwout
Virginia and Frederick Sweeny
Katherine and Jeffrey Tane
Theresa and Marshall Taniguchi
Dominic Taylor
Jacqueline and Virge Trotter
Anne and Thomas Ulseth
Theresa Vertuno
Paula Vesely
Jody Virnig
Richard Voelbel
Dolores Voorhees
Karen Wahlund
Claire Walter-Marchetti
Joan Ward
Jean Weiss
Vera and John Wenzel
Kally and Mike West
Nancy Weston and Jack Stuart
Shakhaila Whyte
Catherine Wolf-Jenson and Ralph Jenson
Diane Young
Nasin Yousuf
Maryam Zafar
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