Everybody
Everybody
Written by: Branden Jacobs Jenkins
Directed by: Amaya Adu and Morgan Reichberg
Featuring: Krissy Thompson and Victoria Ada Israel
CAST
Rosairis Rivera Perez | Everybody
Jessica Depeizaarchili | Somebody 1, B, Evil, Beauty, Friendship
Eli Bettmann | Somebody 2, A, Girl, Stuff, Time, Senses
Kaya Sandiford | Somebody 3, C, Kinship, Mind
Daniel “Danny” Griffith | Somebody 4, D, Cousin, Strength
*Krissy Thompson | Usher, God, Understanding
*Ada-Victoria Israel | Death
Ari Laurie | Love
Creative & Production:
Morgan Reichberg | Director, Producer
Amaya Akosua Adu | Director, Producer
Pascale “Calli” Gantt | Production Stage Manager
Emile Regnier-Kline | Stage Manager
Sam Outlaw | Sound Designer
Sierra Blanco | Dramaturg
Carly Brennan | Lighting Designer
Laura Damaris | Costume Designer
Daniel Griffith | Choreographer
Creative Team Profiles
Kaya Sandiford (they/she) (Somebody 3, C, Kinship, Mind) is a senior THP performance practice major. They’re super excited to breathe life into these roles in Everybody. At Purchase, they’ve acted in Productions including Governess of Floods & 10 out of 12. They’d like to thank the entire production team of this delightful show for giving them this opportunity.
Eli Bettmann (they/them) is a senior THP major from Saxapahaw, North Carolina. Previous credits at Purchase include: 10 out of 12 (Lights), Geryon (Endo), Macbeth (Witch), Orlando (Queen), & A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania). Congrats to our senior producers!
Daniel Griffith is a Playwriting/Screenwriting Senior with a minor in Sociology and Theater Performance. Daniel has been acting since he was little, participating in productions such as, Sleepy Hallow (2014), Narnia (2015), and A Christmas Carol (2016). During his time at purchase he was apart of many shows like Till Death Does It’s Part as Randy (2023), Neverland Park as Leal (2023), Fred in Red as Fred (2024), Fright Fear Club as George (2025), and Geryon as Herekles (2025). Other than his acting, Daniel makes music and is very involved on campus. He is Vice President of OAPIA (Organization for African People’s in the Americas) and he is Head of Performance for Afrodisiac.
Krissy is so excited to be a part of this show with such a wonderful cast and crew, thank to everyone who had a hand in bringing it to life. Enjoy!!!
Rosairis Rivera Perez is a sophomore THP student. She has a passion for performing in Theatre. She is proudly an Afro Latina, and aspires to be on Broadway someday. She’s been in original musical I’ll Show You How Great I Am. In high school she participle in the following productions : In The Heights (Advanced dancer/Ensemble), The Wiz (Understudy for Glinda, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Lucy Van-pelt). In the spring semester; She will be playing Everybody in Everybody!
Ari Laurie (they/she) is playing “Love” in this production of Everybody! They’re extremely excited to gift this beautiful show to you all! Past credits include Nine/Na’Shay in A Black Play? (2023) and Witch 1 in Macbeth (2024). More recent credits include Production Stage Manager in 10 out of 12 (2025) and Annette in God of Carnage (2025). They will also be debuting their lesbian senior project “The Will to be Dangerous” next semester! Yay!!! She’d love to thank the Everybody production team for placing so much trust in her through the rehearsal process! She is so so grateful! :-)
Ada-Victoria Israel (she/her) is a senior at Purchase College in the Theatre Performance program. She is an actor, singer songwriter, and Sing Harlem choir member. Theatre and singing has always been her passion and the art of story telling is something she loves to do. She’s so grateful to be a part of this production because it’s a community where everyone can learn from each other. She hopes to use what she learned from this experience in her future projects! ( IG:_Ada.Victoria_)
Jessica is a junior at SUNY Purchase and a versatile artist whose work spans dance, acting, and design. She recently performed in the Hoboken Dance Festival and the Dixon Place Festival. Previously, she both acted in and designed productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and 1984 at SUNY Potsdam. She is thrilled to continue expanding her creative voice onstage.
Pascale is a multi-hyphenated talent from the Boogie Down Bronx. An actor, director, and playwright, she creates stories with the intention of being heard and seen, especially for the little girls who look like her. Her work centers truth, visibility, and transformation. Through every role she steps into and every script she writes, Pascale is taking the small but powerful steps that change the world.
Laura is a sophomore double majoring in THP & Gender Studies. She is very excited to costume design this show as it is her first time costume designing. She has had an amazing time being able to see her visions come to life. She is beyond happy to be able to have the chance to share all the hard work put in with everyone in this show after a long semester. Previous Purchase College credits are ASM for Homesick, SM for The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, and SM for God of Carnage.
Carly Brennan (she/he/they) (Lighting Designer): Carly is so honored to have been a part of Everybody! She is a Sophomore Theatre & Performance and Creative Writing double major. Her recent credits include lighting design work for The Governess of Floods, The Station, Secrets in Smoke Filled Rooms, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other acting credits include Young Nora in Secrets in Smoke Filled Rooms, Tom Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Alex in The Haunting of Campbell House. Carly would like to thank all of her family and friends for all of their support, as well as the cast and crew of this show for being so welcoming. Break legs!
Emile Regnier-Kline (he/him) is a Sophomore Theatre and Performance student and Directing concentration. This is his first time stage managing, and he hopes nothing goes wrong, but if it does he will fix it! He recently saw Hadestown and he saw that their Assistant Stage Manager is a purchase grad!
Sam Outlaw (they/them) is a Graduate Studio Composition major at SUNY Purchase College. They have been sound designing for plays and films since the Spring of 2022 when they worked on an original show called, Crystal Clear. Since then, they’ve worked on Life After Cali and Kill The Man. Sam was asked by their friend Amaya to come aboard and help out with sound, they are glad they said yes. This show, Everybody, is a deep exploration of life, emotions and learning to live through changes.
Sierra Blanco is delighted to work as a dramaturg for this production! Other theatrical merits include: Official Selection of the 2025 Lanford Wilson New American Plays Festival 2025. Awarded 2024 Kennedy Center’s Ken Ludwig Award - in recognition of an emerging artist’s body of work; received National Kennedy Center KCACTF Playwriting Residency at Wildwind Performance Lab Texas, 2024. Winner: 2020 National Endowment for the Arts / American Theatre Wing’s Musical Songwriting Challenge; The Stephen Sondheim National Young Playwrights Competition; Writopia’s Worldwide Plays Competition; NYC Write A Play! Competition; 2022 O’Neill Young Playwrights Festival. Published: poetry New York Times; plays - Bang! A Decade of Shared Stories, The Smallest Heroes licensed/published YouthPlays. Staged productions: The O’Neill Barn; Actors Temple; Theater Lab NYC; Harold Clurman Theater, staged readings Cherry Lane Theater, Hunter College, Bryant Park; independently staged musical readings NYC; zoom play productions. New Musicals Inc produced The Cootie Conspiracy (15 minute musical) July 2022 Los Angeles at Broadwater Mainstage (book Sierra Blanco, lyrics Sara Horton, music Xander Ambrose). Volunteer: Composer/Vocalist Hear Your Song.
Director Profile
Morgan Reichberg is a fourth-year Theater and Performance major and is thrilled to share her senior project. She has directed a range of theatrical pieces and performed in several mainstage productions during her time at Purchase. Morgan is deeply grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with such an incredible cast and crew on this production. She would like to extend her heartfelt thanks to her mom, dad, and brother David for their constant love and support.
Amaya Adu is a senior Theatre and Performance major at SUNY Purchase and has been acting since high school. Not only does she act but she is also a director, set designer and editor. Theatre has given her an avenue to expand her writing and social skills, and take on different roles on stage and behind the scenes. She’d like to thank her family, the THP faculty, her drama teachers at Forest Hills High School, and her mentors and friends at CreateHER NYC and Clubbed Thumb for helping her flourish and find fulfillment in this field.