Nehprii Amenii 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 consulting and production company.

“Part celestial creature, part sophisticated human” is how Charlotte Lily Gaspard has been described by Faerie Magazine when contemplating the ethereal artist and her work in one of their features. Shadow puppet artist, storyteller, and a “multi-faceted enchantress… the fanciful mastermind behind Midnight Radio Show” {Broadway World}, Charlotte’s mission is to activate imaginations and celebrate playfulness wherever she goes.

is the founder and director of Penny Jones and Co. Puppets - the Early Childhood Puppet Theatre, which has been performing in New York since the 1970’s. She is winner of the 2019 Puppeteers of America Education Award and previous president of the Puppetry Guild of Greater New York. A recipient of a Henson Family Grant, Penny Jones and Co. Puppets is also one of the few to have performed a children’s show at the Henson International Puppet festival.

was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Influenced by her psychoanalyst father, she became interested in the boundary between dreams and reality. She received her B.A in Theater Arts and Fashion Design from Musashino Art University in 2008, and soon after, she moved to the United States to study fine arts, receiving an M.F.A. in Sculpture from Pratt Institute in 2012

Her desire to broaden the expression of her daydreams led her to the

theatre field in 2013. Since then, she’s been creating her puppetry/object theatre performances based on her multi-medium visual art skills. Her pieces have been presented at theaters in New York City such as St. Ann’s Warehouse, Dixon Place, Japan Society, LaMaMa, HERE and The Public Theatre.

is a Brooklyn-based Producer and General Manager with IBEX Puppetry. Her goal is to create more just, equitable, sustainable, and joyous spaces for audiences and artists alike by facilitating wondrous arts experiences and utilizing creative approaches to traditional management practices. A proud Iowan, Brenna holds degrees in Physics and Theater from Grinnell College and a certificate in Arts & Culture Strategy from University of Pennsylvania. www.brennaross.com