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Macelle Mahala's Penumbra deconstructs the knee-jerk assumption that African American theaters are limited rather than positively significant. The book's rich weave places Penumbra Theatre Company at the center of a story that connects to core aspects of this country's culture and the diverse range of mores, triumphs, and contradictions with which black people live and make theater. Analytically grounded, the book presents a wide scope of views on black theater. It's an engrossing read. --Robbie McCauley, Emerson College Macelle Mahala s Penumbra deconstructs the knee-jerk assumption that African American theaters are limited rather than positively significant. The book s rich weave places Penumbra Theatre Company at the center of a story that connects to core aspects of this country s culture and the diverse range of mores, triumphs, and contradictions with which black people live and make theater. Analytically grounded, the book presents a wide scope of views on black theater. It s an engrossing read. Robbie McCauley, Emerson College Macelle Mahala's Penumbra deconstructs the knee-jerk assumption that African American theaters are limited rather than positively significant. The book's rich weave places Penumbra Theatre Company at the center of a story that connects to core aspects of this country's culture and the diverse range of mores, triumphs, and contradictions with which black people live and make theater. Analytically grounded, the book presents a wide scope of views on black theater. It's an engrossing read. --Robbie McCauley, Emerson College

Macelle Mahala's Penumbra deconstructs the knee-jerk assumption that African American theaters are limited rather than positively significant. The book's rich weave places Penumbra Theatre Company at the center of a story that connects to core aspects of this country's culture and the diverse range of mores, triumphs, and contradictions with which black people live and make theater. Analytically grounded, the book presents a wide scope of views on black theater. It's an engrossing read. --Robbie McCauley, Emerson College

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Macelle Mahala is assistant professor of theatre arts at the University of the Pacific. Her fellowships include the August Wilson Fellowship in Dramaturgy and Literary Criticism at Penumbra Theatre Company and two Many Voices fellowships from the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis. She has worked with the Illusion Theater, Marin Theatre Company, New World Theater, Pillsbury House Theatre, San Francisco Mime Troupe, The Soap Factory, and Works/Plays.

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