Amy Trompetter and (not4)Prophet in Biblical Rapper's Trilogy at UConn Co-op Bookstore at Storrs Center

Amy Trompetter collaborates with East Harlem poet (not4)Prophet in reconfiguring her Punch and Judy show to create Biblical Rapper’s Trilogy. References include the Bible, Medieval Mystery Plays, Commedia scenarios and the news, including recent events in Ferguson, Missouri. The stage is an automated, vertical box with painted backdrops reminiscent of Cantastoria balladeers’ picture stories. Amy Trompetter designs, directs and performs puppet shows. Her roots are in the Bread and Puppet Theater in 1960’s NYC. She is the founder of the Redwing Blackbird Theater, a workshop and performance space in the Hudson Valley. (not4)Prophet creates and performs hip-hop aesthetic poetry. He is an experimentalist, performance poet, singer, song writer,-activist and Nuyorican-style emoter, with roots in the Nuyorican Poet’s Café. He regularly presents original work in East Harlem and throughout NYC including the Bowery Poetry Club.