At the Bottom

This production of At the Bottom contains vulgar language including sexist slurs and expressions of Islamophobia. It also includes depictions and discussions of alcoholism, depictions and discussions of domestic violence and police brutality, depictions and discussions of illness and death, and discussions of suicide.

The car is very old, patched together, rusted and busted. The heat and the seatbelts don’t work, but the radio does. When you hit 109 mph, the wheel starts to shudder hard, there’s a bad grinding sound somewhere under your feet, and the car swerves gently, out of your control. The road is dark, you’ve got miles to go, and no idea how much gas is left. The likelihood that tonight will end in flames is climbing fast. And now the brakes don’t work either.
The car is Russia, 1902.
The car is US, 2025.

Cast 

Noah Baisch (Krivoy Zob) is a Junior BFA Actor from Rochester, NY. Purchase credits include Middletown (Attendant), and other credits include Twelfth Night (Orsino) at RADA. Thank you to his family and friends for all their love and support! 

Brady Biltz is a Junior BFA Actor from Pinehurst, North Carolina. Purchase credits include: Middletown (Tour Guide) and At the Bottom (Satine). Many thanks to his family, friends, mentors, and professors for the continual support and inspiration!

Laszlo Bringer (The Baron) is a Junior BFA actor from Brooklyn, New York. Purchase credits include Middletown (Mechanic). He’d like to thank all his family and friends for pushing him to be better everyday.

Ben Ciliberto (Vaska Ash) is a Junior BFA actor from Boston, Massachusetts. His favorite color is orange. He would like to thank everybody for their endless support in his endeavors.

Laila De La Rosa (Vasilisa Kostylev) is a Junior BFA Actor from The Bronx. Purchase credits include Socrates (Persephone) and Middletown (Freelancer) and (Attendant 2). She sends love and gratitude to her family and friends who have been supporting her through her acting journey. 

Karlie Jo “KJ” Dickinson is a Junior BFA Acting major from Kentucky. Purchase credits include Middletown (Sweetheart), and At the Bottom (Nastya). Many thanks to her parents and those who keep her sane!

Ashley Fermin (Natasha) is a Junior BFA Acting student from the Bronx, New York. Past credits include Middletown (Female Doctor), Our Town (Emily), as well as scenes from Paradise Blue (Silver), and The Seagull (Arkadina). A special thanks to her friends and family for their continued support, and her fellow members of Company 51.

Ari Jackson (Luke) is a Junior year BFA actor born in Texas and raised in Maryland. Purchase credits include: Middletown (Female Tourist and Woman). She would like to thank her family and friends for the endless support and love on her artistic journey!

Owen Brooks Larson (The Actor) is a Junior BFA Actor from Sacramento, California. Purchase credits include: Middletown (John Dodge). Thank you to his family and the crew for making this all possible.

Hi! I’m Fernando Leyva, a Junior in the BFA Acting Program. I will be playing Leech in At the Bottom. My past Purchase credit is playing Cop in Middletown. I’d like to give special thanks to Mr. Ross.

Ananda “Nandi” Loizzo (Officer Medvedev) is a Junior BFA actor from Manhattan NYC. Purchase credits include Middletown (Male Doctor). Other credits include Kill the Messenger (Noah) & Indecent (Rabbi Silverman, Harry Weinberger) at Professional Performing Arts School, and Trojan Women (Chorus) at Powerhouse Theater Training Program. Special thanks to all his family for supporting him in his journey!

Conor Picard (Bubnov) is a Junior BFA Actor from The Bronx, New York. Purchase credits include: Middletown (Greg). Other credits include Rent (Collins). Thank you to his parents and all his friends, family, and folks at home!

Cameron Pitchford (Hassan the Tatar) is a Junior BFA Actor from Chicago, Illinois. Purchase credits include Middletown (Ground Control/Man). Other credits include Mamas Boy (Cameron) by Ashley Smith and The Brothers Size (Oshoosi) at The Blac Theatre Festival. Many thanks to his family, friends, and mentors.

Richard Thomas Robbins (Mikhail Kostylev, Alyoska) is a Senior BFA Actor from Raleigh, North Carolina. Previous Purchase credit: Middletown (Male Tourist, Janitor, Landscaper). Other credits include Peter and the Starcatcher (Black Stache) and Twelfth Night (Sebastian) at Shakespeare in Delaware Park. Huge thanks to Mom and Dad!

Satine Sorensen (Kvashnya) is a Junior BFA Actor from Miami, Florida. Purchase credits include Middletown (Mary Swanson). Other credits include 365 days, As You Like It, among others. Big thanks to her family and her friends for supporting her! 

Lauren Woodburn (Anna) is a Junior BFA actor from Harlem, NY. Purchase credits include Middletown (Aunt). She would like to thank her family and friends for praying, loving, and supporting her through everything!

Production

Baylie Bird (Production Stage Manager) is a Junior BFA Stage Manager from Syracuse, NY. Purchase credits include Spring Awakening and Make it Play (Assistant Stage Manager). Other credits include The Nutcracker and Dance From the Heart (Production Stage Manager) with Aspire Dance at Crouse Hinds Theater. Thanks to family, friends, and everyone in between for helping to shape every moment leading her here.

Logan Middendorf (Assistant Stage Manager) is a Sophomore BFA Stage Manager from Bethlehem, NY. His Credits at Purchase include The Seagull (Run Crew), and Pride and Prejudice (Run Crew). He would like to thank his family and friends for their continued support.

Sofia Sotelo (Sound Designer) is a Junior BFA Lighting and Sound Designer, from Teaneck, NJ. Purchase credits include Pride and Prejudice (Assistant Sound Designer), Stickfly (A1), The Tempest (Programmer), Yerma , and Things I Know to Be True (Master Electrician). Many thanks to her family, friends, roommates, and dog.

Ariah Piper (Assistant Director and Lighting Designer) is a Sophomore Theatre and Performance major from Portland, OR. Purchase credits include Collective Rage, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, Dictatenure (Lighting Designer), and Fred in Red (Eleanor). Thanks to Michael Payne for inspiring me to become a director.

Jack TamburriJack Tamburri’s work as a director includes the recent world premiere of Michi Barall’s Drawing Lessons at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, a community-based glam musical Twelfth Night for Shakespeare in Clark Park (Philadelphia), and the rock music adaptation PEER GYNT & the Norwegian Hapa Band for Ma-Yi Theater Co (New York). As a deviser, he has collaborated with the Berserker Residents, solo performer Mary McCool, visual-and-performance-artist doug greene, and Pig Iron Theater Co. He co-created and produced fringe comedies Not For Profit and GAYZE with writer MJ Kaufman, and is co-creator with performer Terry Brennan of School Play, a touring physical theatre solo for young audiences.

Tamburri served as the Director of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Purchase from 2019 to 2024, where he continues to lecture and direct in the Acting, Theatre & Performance, and Playwriting programs. His educational productions at Purchase and elsewhere include Spring Awakening (the play), Ellen McLaughlin’s Helen, Carrie: The Musical, and Ravel and Colette’s chamber opera L’enfant et les Sortileges.

Jack is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the Yale School of Drama, and is a proud alumnus of ArtEquity’s national facilitator training for anti-racist activists in the performing arts.