Rafael Casal

Rafael Santiago Casal (born August 8, 1985) is an American writer, performer, and producer originally from the Bay Area. Rafael's first TV appearance was performing on three seasons of HBO's Def Poetry, and as a creator online with millions of YouTube/Facebook views for his original music, poetry, web shorts, and political commentary. His theater-in-verse work has brought him around the country and the world both in the realm of activism and arts performance at hundreds of colleges and venues. Rafael is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the BARS workshop at The Public Theater in New York.

Known for

2026

Stages

Jason

2023

Wildcat

O.E. Parker

2023

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2

Self - 'Brad Wolfe'

2022

We Were Hyphy

Self

2020

The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert

Jack

2019

Bad Education

Kyle Contreras

2019

Stucco

Throne

2018

Blindspotting

Miles

2018

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Zach