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Join us this fall at @actorsguildnyc for FAUST SYNDROME, a contemporary telling of the infamous myth, following three activists who join a long line of Fausts, trading their souls for infernal power. On stage October 29 through November 15!

Tickets on sale at theaterinasylum.com. Book yours today!

#faust #indietheater #newplay #nyctheater #nyctheatre #activism by @theaterinasylum

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"We must scream new realities into being."

We're making some great discoveries in the rehearsal room for FAUST SYNDROME and can't wait to share this story with you all in just two weeks! Grab your tickets today at the 🔗 in our bio. 🎟😈

#nyctheatre #indietheatre #newplay #faust #activism by @theaterinasylum

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Introducing FAUST 5: Five questions for the cast of FAUST SYNDROME! In this series, you'll get to know the cast and their characters a bit better as we head towards Opening Night. First up is @arisael_riv, playing Javi, a frustrated activist tempted by infernal power.

Stay tuned for more interviews to come, and be sure to get your tickets at the 🔗 in our bio! #indietheatre #nyctheater #nycactors #faust #offoffbroadway by @theaterinasylum

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Did you know that there was a (possibly) real man behind the myth of Faust?

Meet Johann Georg Faust, a 16th-century German itinerant alchemist, magician, and professor who became the subject of folk legend. Swipe through to learn his (very debatable) life story and how it inspired artists for centuries to come.

And catch our contemporary retelling, FAUST SYNDROME, at Episcopal Actors' Guild Oct. 29 thorugh Nov. 15! Head to the 🔗 in our bio for tickets. 🎟

#nyctheatre #history #folklore #faust #doctorfaustus by @theaterinasylum

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Our choir is cast! Meet the amazing singers who will provide the soundtrack to FAUST SYNDROME. Together, they will perform adaptations of songs from the Sacred Harp, an early American singing tradition, as well as vocal music composed for the show. Swipe through to get to know these talented artists, and be sure to book your tickets for FAUST SYNDROME at the link in our bio! 🎶 #indietheatre #nyctheatre #newplay #singersofnyc #sacredharp

Ian Brodsky (Choir) is an Actor/Musician/Dancer/etc. who is excited to be back with Theater in Asylum after participating in their Cold Readings. Credits include Into the Woods, The Burdens, Diary of Anne Frank, Nutcracker! The Musical!, Woody Guthrie’s American Song, John Carney’s Begin Again. His albums, Friendly Neighborhood Something or Other and Clever but Devastating are streaming now. Proud AEA, SAG-AFTRA. @ibroski

Theresa Burns (Choir) is an award winning singer, actor, and creator, with extensive experience in theatre, film, television, and new media. She specializes in new work, and has had the privilege of working on many new plays and musicals from their very first readings to their full productions. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and NYU Tisch alum. For specific credits, footage, and more, please check out www.TheresaBurns.net For social media shenanigans you can follow Theresa on TikTok theresa_nyc and Instagram @theresa.burns.nyc

Jordan Jones (Choir): Countertenor and baritone Jordan Jones, a native of Saint Louis, Missouri, is a New York City-based operatic and theatrical performer. Recently, Jones performed in Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians at the Park Avenue Armory and covered the role of Ivavi in the world premiere of Lalovavi at Cincinnati Opera. This past year, they performed in Michael Gordon’s What to Wear at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. They also performed Donna in Handel’s Rinaldo as well as Sesto in Handel’s Giulio Cesare. During their undergraduate degree at the USC Thornton School of Music, they performed as an alto soloist in Kaija Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone at USC, as well as the role of Le Comte in Massenet’s Cherubin. In the fall of 2022, Jordan covered the taken in The Episcopal Actors' Guild by @theaterinasylum

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FAUST SYNDROME's first performance is just one month away! We're hard at work bringing this story to life in the rehearsal room and can't wait to share it with you starting October 29th at Episcopal Actors' Guild. Tickets are on sale now! Comment FAUST and we'll send you the link to purchase. 😈🎟

#faust #nyctheater #indietheatre #newplay #rehearsal #nycactors by @theaterinasylum

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Go behind the scenes of the first rehearsal of FAUST SYNDROME! Last weekend's table read and designer presentations got us even more excited to bring this story to the stage. Get your tickets today at the 🔗 in our bio! 😈 #faust #theaterartists #indietheater #newplay #nyctheatre #activism by @theaterinasylum

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Rehearsals for FAUST SYNDROME are underway! We had a productive session on Saturday featuring a meet & greet, designer presentations, and a table read of the full play. We head into the rehearsal room this week -- be sure to get your tickets at the 🔗 in our bio! 📚 #nyctheatre #theaterartists #faust #theaterinasylum #newplay #indietheater by @theaterinasylum

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Introducing the cast of FAUST SYNDROME! Swipe through to get to know the artists bringing this story to life this fall at @actorsguildnyc 👉

Tickets are on sale now! Get yours at the 🔗 in our bio. #theaterartists #faust #newplay #offoffbroadway #nyctheater

Arisael Rivera (He/Him) (Javi) is a bilingual actor, writer, and director based in the Bronx. Thrilled to be collaborating with Theater in Asylum once again! Favorite roles include Marco Ferrer in The Nobodies Who Were Everybody with TIA, Friar Laurence in Romeo & Juliet with CSC, and Paco in The Comeuppance with HTC. ¡Le manda gracias a su familia por su constante apoyo y amor! IG: @arisael_riv; www.arisaelrivera.com.

Rachel Casparian* (she/her) (Ronna) is a New York City based actor, director, and community organizer. She holds an undergraduate degree from Antioch College and trained at The School for Film and Television and The Barrow Group in NYC. Credits include Seminar (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); Adults Only; Post Mortem; Saving Grace; and The Woman From 43 (Core Artist Ensemble at TBG); Letters to Sala and Still Life With Five Figures (FAB Women at The Barrow Group). Film credits include How He Fell in Love; Like Fire and Water; and The Woman From 43. Rachel is a founding member and former Artistic Director of Core Artist Ensemble, and former Creative Director of Naked Angels’ Tuesdays@9. For more, visit rachelcasparian.com.

Adin Lenahan (they/them) (Beelzebub) is a writer, performer, and receptionist. Their work has been presented/produced at Abrons Art Center, Ars Nova, The Brick, Dixon Place, Culture Lab LIC, Judson Memorial Church, The Kraine, The New Ohio, The Tank, Theater for the New City, Tom Noonan’s Paradise Factory, wild project, diners, drive-ins, and dives. Their solo show Doom Scroll, inspired by the TikTok algorithm, premiered at The Brick in Brooklyn, NY in December 2024. They are a 2026 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow, and were a Fresh Ground Pepper BRB Resident Artist, an alum of Art House Production’s INKubator Cohort, a finalist for the Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship, a semi-finalist for the Playwrights’ Center’s Jerome Fellowship, and winner of the Vera Mowry Robert taken in The Episcopal Actors' Guild by @theaterinasylum

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Happy 267th Birthday, Johann Wolfgang van Goethe! The German polymath and author of arguably the most famous adaptation of the Faust myth was born on this day in 1749.

FAUST SYNDROME, our upcoming retelling of the infamous myth, was heavily influenced by Goethe's Faust, as well as adaptations by Christopher Marlowe and Peter Schumann. We can't wait to share our take on Faust with you all this fall. Tickets go on sale soon, so stay tuned! #goethe #faust #historicwriters #indietheater #newplay #nyctheater by @theaterinasylum

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Introducing the incredibly talented creative team behind FAUST SYNDROME! Swipe through to get to know the artists that will bring this story to life this Fall. Stay tuned for more info on how to get your tickets! ➡️

#indietheatre #theatreartist #nyctheatre #faust #theaterinasylum

Paul Bedard (Writer, Director) directs, creates, produces, and voraciously attends theater. Hailing from Hartford and living in Brooklyn, Paul trained at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Playwrights Horizons Theater School. He co-artistic directs Theater in Asylum, a company he co-founded in 2010. Paul has participated in the Drama League Directing Fellowship and the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. His work has played at festivals from Chicago to Prague, at universities including Columbia and the University of New Mexico, and at many downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn performance spaces. Beyond directing, Paul frequently performs with the Bread and Puppet Theater and volunteers with the Democratic Socialists of America. He loves reading, running, and seeing all the plays he can. paulhbedard.com

Katie Palmer (Director) is a choreographer, theater maker, and teaching artist. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama, she is the co-Artistic Director of Theater in Asylum, a theater she co-founded in NYC in 2010. NYC Choreography Credits include: In Fields Where They Lay (The New Ohio), Held Momentarily (The Sheen Center, NYC Fringe ENCORES Series), ¡Olé! (Prague International Fringe Festival, NYC: UNDER St Marks). Katie is the Executive Director of Together in Dance, a not-for-profit providing Creative Movement and Musical Theater residencies in public schools and community settings.

Joshua Krugman (he/him) (Music Director) is a poet, composer, and theater-maker. His poems have appeared in a variety of periodicals, anthologies, pamphlets and broadsides, and his compositions have featured in theater productions in New York and Chicago. He has collaborated extensively with Bread & Puppet Theater.

Isaac DeMarchi (Scenic Design) is a multi-disciplinary scenic artist based in Brooklyn. As a scenic designer, Isaac recently designed sets for White Elephant with Upt taken in The Episcopal Actors' Guild by @theaterinasylum

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We're so excited to reveal the key art for FAUST SYNDROME, illustrated by the incredibly talented @anitarundles_art! Tickets go on sale in just a few weeks, so watch this space for more announcements coming soon!

#faust #indietheater #activism #illustratorsofinstagram #nyctheatre by @theaterinasylum

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