Celebrating 35 years as Minnesota’s only professional African American theatre company, the acclaimed Penumbra Theatre premieres a complex portrayal of Nat King Cole, and life behind the scenes of his TV show in “I Wish You Love”.

Photos by Ann Marsden + Michal Daniel.

Photos courtesy of Penumbra Theatre Company Archives, The Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

This segment aired as part of MN Original show #239.