Bottom Feeder 

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premiered at Dixon Place on October 2nd, 7:30pm

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New York City residents create 12,000 tons of trash a day. In a city with 27,000 people per square mile, someone’s going to have to take out the trash. Bottom Feeder is a series of non-narrative episodes performed by a diverse ensemble, asking how we can retain a collective identity as we empty public, private, and shared space of trash, and displace communities deemed unfit to reside on precious real estate. 

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created by Lukas Papenfusscline & Julia Rose Duray

featuring:

Antonio Irizarry

Lio Miehel

Esaú Mora

Tristan Powell

Jaya Tripathi

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photos by Dulcinee DeGuere

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"The piece concerns itself with garbage.  What we throw away.  This experimental work registers as a little odd yet heartfelt in its combination of sincerity and silliness ... The tone is less “trash talking” and more spiritually resembles a “garbage-apalooza” ... portions were inspired gobbledygook." - Theater Reviews From My Seat