Nehprii Amenii's piece is set after humans are gone, and follows Nacci, a young seahorse who refuses to believe it and goes looking for a way to bring them back. It is built from puppetry, choreography and original music by Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby, staged with immersive design and projection in BAM Fisher. If you want the December show that is not about Christmas, this is it.
What to expect
A puppetry-led production in BAM's smaller Fishman Space, combining constructed figures, movement, live-feeling original score and heavy use of projection and lighting to build the post-human world. It runs 70 minutes straight through, and the intimate room puts you close to the puppetry mechanics.
Good to know
- Take the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q or R to Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center, or the C or G to Fulton Street.
- BAM Fisher is on Ashland Place, a separate building from the main opera house on Lafayette.
- Fishman Space is small and flexible, so seating is closer than a standard proscenium house.
- BAM members save twenty percent; facility and handling fees apply per ticket online.
- At 70 minutes without an interval it works well as an early evening before dinner.
- Themes of loss and extinction make it better for teens and adults than young children.
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Common questions
Is this a children's puppet show?
No. It uses puppetry as a theatrical language for adult themes of extinction, atonement and redemption, and suits teenagers and adults rather than young children.
How long does it run?
Seventy minutes performed straight through with no interval, which makes it easy to pair with dinner in Fort Greene afterwards.
Which BAM space is Fishman?
It is inside BAM Fisher on Ashland Place, a smaller flexible black-box room, not the large Howard Gilman Opera House on Lafayette Avenue.
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