09/08/2026
Introducing the cast of FAUST SYNDROME! Read on to get to know the artists bringing this story to life this fall at The Episcopal Actors' Guild.
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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: ; 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 Roberts Foundation Fellowship. BFA in Student Loans at NYU, MFA Playwriting Hunter College. AdinLenahan.com
Nadia Diamond (Walker) - Originally from San Francisco, CA, Nadia Diamond is a happy Brooklyn transplant, having arrived via Ohio, New Jersey, Missouri, and Texas. Past NYC collaborations: Oklahoma Samovar at La MaMa; Women Screaming at The Tank; As You Like It at The Brick; Cassie Goes to Congress at New Perspectives Theatre; BREATHE at New Professional Theatre; and several seasons as a company member of Brave New World Repertory Theatre in Brooklyn. BA in History from Princeton University, MFA in Acting from University of Houston. www.nadiadiamond.com // "Nobody's free until everybody's free." - Fannie Lou Hamer, 1971.
Jesse B Koehler (Mephistopheles) is a New York City based actor, playwright, and ensemble collaborator from Santa Fe, NM. He has a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College, and has trained abroad at The Moscow Art Theatre School, and The British American Drama Academy. Recent credits include Patrick in Plan C (Tank Core Production with the Company Hook & Eye) and Peacock Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare in the Woods, Dir. Roberto Di Donato). An inaugural member of The Mercury Store Acting Company, other NYC performing credits include La MaMa ETC, Target Margin, and Theater in Asylum. Jessebkoehler.com
Ruth Aguilar (Ines) - Born and raised in New York City, Ruth Aguilar is an Emmy Award-winning actress and proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association. Her television and film credits include HBO's Love Life, NBC's The Blacklist, Netflix's Jessica Jones, A&E's Black and White, CNN's The Hunt, Discovery Channel's Famous Murders and Monsters Inside Me, along with numerous independent films and shorts. A versatile performer equally at home on stage, Ruth has appeared with respected New York companies including Primary Stages, Cherry Lane Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, The Tank, TADA Theatre, and LA TEA, while also performing in regional productions across Connecticut (Yale Repertory), Chicago, Dallas, and Houston. In 2016, Ruth received a New York Emmy Award for the NY1 public service commercial Los Latinos Somos Uno. A trained lyric soprano with bilingual fluency in English and Spanish, she brings depth, authenticity, and emotional range to every role.
