Nehprii Amenii News

Twelve early-career, NYC-based artists and collectives present new works in Open Call: Portals, a free group exhibition in The Shed's Level 2 Gallery and on the outdoor Plaza.

The Shed has announced the 17 New York City–based artists and collectives selected for its fourth Open Call, a dynamic commissioning program championing early-career artists across the visual and performing arts.

Premiere Stages at Kean University announces the winners of the 2024 Bauer Boucher Playwriting Awards, recognizing Kean University student Riv Dabul and alumnus Dustin Ballard. Both winners will receive a cash prize and a developmental reading of their plays.

New 42 has revealed the 2023-24 cohort of New Victory LabWorks and LabWorks Launch artists.

On Friday, May 19, 2023, one hour before the Drama League Awards, Board President Bonnie Comley, Kirk Iwanowski, Mary Jain, and the Board Hosted a VIP Reception at the Drama League Awards right next to the Ziegfeld Ballroom.

The 2023 Drama League Awards welcomes stars of the Broadway season and beyond, including Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, Ben Platt, Phillipa Soo, NaTasha Yvette Williams and more! See photos from the event!

On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, the day before the Drama League Awards, Drama League President Bonnie Comley and husband/Tony Winner Stewart F. Lane welcomed the 2023 Directing Fellows at Sardis in New York City's Time Square (the center of Broadway)!

The Drama League’s Gabriel Stellian Shanks (Artistic Director), Bevin Ross (Executive Director), and Bonnie Comley (Board President) welcomed the 2023 Directing Fellows at Sardi’s in Times Square.

Check out photos from the 2023 Drama League Award nominations!

The Drama League has announced the fourteen exceptional stage directors receiving the fellowships, assistantships, and residencies of the 2023 Drama League Directors Project.

Kean Theatre Conservatory presents Animal Farm from March 24 to April 1st in the Bauer Boucher Theatre Center.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced that applications are now open for the 2023 National Puppetry Conference. Submissions will be accepted until Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at 11:59pm PST.

The Maafa Commemoration Project Lehigh Valley performs at Resurrected Life Community Church October 1-2, 2022. The performance is co-produced between Sharon A. Brown, Rev. Dr. Gregory Edwards, and Touchstone Theatre’s Festival UnBound.

St. Ann’s Warehouse and The Walk Productions with Handspring Puppet Company have announced the full schedule for Little Amal Walks NYC, a staggering 55 unique events welcoming Amal to America.

Touchstone Theatre opens its 2022-23 season with a fourth year of Festival UnBound, a five-day celebration with visual arts, live music, participatory dance, original theatre, and community dialogue shaped by Lehigh Valley community members for a unique, hyper-local festival-going experience. 

Today, New 42 announced the tenth group of New Victory LabWorks and LabWorks Launch artists for the 2022-23 season. LabWorks explores, devises and reimagines what theater for families can be by supporting New York-based artists of all disciplines.

Recently author and theatrical designer Joshua Langman celebrated the publication of his book 'Standby: An Approach to Theatrical Design' with a release party at The Players, a historic private theatre club in Gramercy Park.

In the latest full production from writer-director and generative artist Nehprii Amenii, humanity has died off because it failed to hearken to its own hearts and did everything correct to make itself extinct. An octopus named Akashi could donate one of his three hearts to bring about what would hopefully be a more evolved and sensitive human. But Akashi isn't sure he wants to do that - he finds life to be better without humans.

The Connecticut Repertory Theatre's sold-out run of Food For the Gods, has been canceled.

'On the Edge: Puppets in Contemporary Culture”  A conversation with Avenue Q's Rick Lyon and Nehprii Amenii has been announced at Museum of the City of New York on December 9th.