Episode 2: Nehprii Amenii

“Creative Engineering”

Photo: Theo Cote

Nehprii thinks puppetry is a spiritual artform. 

Nehprii Amenii (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based writer, director and educator.  As a theatre artist, she has a passion for personal narratives, puppetry, and grand-scale spectacle. She is known for creating experiences that dismantle the wall between players and audiences, enchant the imagination and inspire new ways of seeing and thinking. She is the founder and Artistic Director of  Khunum Productions, a creative consultant and production company.  Her work includes Penumbra Theatre Company, The Flea, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Bushwick Starr, Iati Theatre, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Company, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Lumber Yard Performing Arts, The Holland Festival, The Minnesota Orchestra, Bread and Puppet Theatre, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, The Public Theatre,  the New York Phil Harmonic at Lincoln Center, and Cirque Du Soleil.  More at http://www.nehpriiamenii.com/