Penumbra's national tour of Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. closed with a performance at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC and in New York City. This Penumbra co-production with Trinity Repertory Company opened Penumbra's 2005-2006 Season with its US premiere before launching on a national tour. The tour traveled to small towns, reservations, and major cities of the Midwest and along the Mid-Atlantic seaboard. At each stop the response to the cast and the play was extremely powerful. Yellow Robe said, "I've always been amazed that when we perform in different communities, some community members will come up to me and say, 'You know that's exactly what happened to my son' or 'That's what happened to my nephew' or 'That's the very issue that I'm having problems with now.'" Penumbra is extremely proud to have been a part of this important and seminal work.
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