Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers focuses on the lives of the Robe family, who are descended from an American Indian and an African-American “buffalo soldier” who was stationed on the bloody Montana frontier–and indeed, doing much of the dirty work–during this country’s Westward expansion. Now living on a Montana reservation, the grandchildren of this couple, who appear “too black to be Native,” wrestle with the haunting legacy of their grandfather. American Indian playwright William Yellow Robe Jr. and Trinity Repertory Company (a regional, Guthrie-like company out of Providence, Rhode Island) teamed up with Penumbra for this new traveling production. 270 N. Kent St., St. Paul; 651-224-8130; www.penumbratheatre.org