Nehprii Amenii News

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.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre has announced its return to staged theater with the launch of its Fall 2021 season. Every step of planning kept our students' education and safety paramount.

Puppets of New York: Downtown at the Clemente is now on view at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, highlighting the work of 12 downtown NYC artists who explore the theatrical possibilities of puppet theater.

As part of the unique concert staging, actors will be seated in a “grieving circle.” Some audience members will be up on stage as part of the group and the circle will extend out into the house seated in the round, making one big unified circle.

JAG Productions welcomes Delius Doherty (Broadway: The Book of Mormon; Off-Broadway: The Visitor; TV: Vinyl, Law & Order: SVU) and Mickey M. Nixon (Regional: Saturday Night Fever, James and the Giant Peach), who will play Virgo and Aries, respectively. 

Today, New Victory announced their upcoming 2021-22 season, which will include holiday performances of Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, directed by Christopher Gattelli (NEWSIES). This season will see a return to in-person performances at the New Victory Theater, as well as the opportunity for guests to stream the season in their homes.

Tonight's the night!  The 87th Annual Drama League Awards will be streamed today, May 21, 2021 at 7:00PM ET. Who will win? BroadwayWorld is updating the list live!

The Drama League has just announced the 2021 Nominees and Special Recognition Honorees for The 87th Annual Drama League Awards. Keeping in the tradition of honoring the outstanding accomplishments of the theatrical community, as they have since 1935, this year the organization has established five unique categories to honor the extraordinary achievements of artists across the nation who created digital and socially-distanced theatrical productions during this challenging year of suspension for live arts.

The events of the year 2020 have brought to light the degree to which African American culture has been misrepresented, distorted, or simply overlooked in the United States. This has been particularly true regarding African American puppet and object theater, which has rarely been the focus of sustained attention.

Today (December 10) in live streaming: Broadway's Best Shows presents Robert O'Hara's BARBECUE, James Monroe Iglehart visits Backstage Live, and so much more!

The Movement Theatre Company has announced a second round of 1MOVE: DES19NED BY... commissions for theatrical designers, co-curated by Dede Ayite, Stacey Derosier, and Tony Award winner Paul Tazewell. This round of 1MOVE will amplify the work of Black designers and creative collaborators.

Today (June 18) in live streaming: Broadway's Next on Stage is back, Black Theatre United Founders visit Stars in the House and so much more!

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will celebrate the rich world of African American puppetry in the United States with a four-day series of performances, presentations, discussions, film screenings, and workshops on Feb. 7 to 10, 2019 in Hartford and Storrs.

The 96th season of the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) will continue on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. with "Animals into Song - The Cunning Little Vixen," the second program in this season's series of YPCs, Music Across Borders. Conducted by Jakub Hr?ša, the program will explore how music can depict animals and settings, exemplified by Jana?ek's The Cunning Little Vixen Suite, featuring puppets designed and operated by students from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, led by ArtsConnection teaching artist Nehprii Amenii.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry Presents African American Puppetry in New York City with Nehprii Amenii and Brad Brewer Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.

Due to inclement weather, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry has rescheduled its Nov. 15 Puppet Forum with Anne Cubberly, entitled Night Fall: Community Puppetry in Hartford, to take place Thursday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. The forum will occur at the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs, and will discuss the origins, aims, techniques, and aesthetics of this dynamic community performance event that has redefined the cultural life of Connecticut's capital.

FOOD FOR THE GODS, written and directed by Nehprii Amenii, will perform two additional shows as part of La MaMa's celebrated Puppet Festival, November 15 - 18, at The Downtairs (66 E. 4 St.), in the East Village. Originally scheduled to perform Thursday, Nov. 15 at 8:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 17 at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m.; FOOD FOR THE GODS will play additional shows Saturday, Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 18 at 2 p.m.

LA MAMA announces its Puppet Festival, (November 1 - 25, 2018), featuring the New York and World premiere of works by artists from around the world including Germany, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Colombia, China, Belgium, and the USA taking place at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre and The Downstairs (66 E. 4 St.), in the East Village throughout the month of November.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present the grand opening of its new exhibit Living Objects: African American Puppetry on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 at 6:30 p.m., with refreshments served at 6:30 p.m. and a free tour beginning at 7 p.m. All events will take place at the Ballard Institute, located at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs. Ballard Institute Director John Bell comments 'we are extremely excited that this important element of African American culture and performance will be celebrated and experienced in an exhibition of national importance.' The exhibition will be on display through Sunday, April 7, 2019.