
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.

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as Neil Otero
2026

as Hunter X-5 / Brad Wolfe
2021

as John Cook
2020

2025

as Self
2021

as Mr. Tophat
2019

as Miles Jones
2021

as Kyle Contreras
2019

as Miles
2018

as O.E. Parker
2023

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2026

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2019
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2023

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2026

as Self - 'Brad Wolfe'
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2023

as Self
2022

as Jack
2020

as Kyle Contreras
2019

as Throne
2019
as Self
2018

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2018

2018

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as John Cook
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as Neil Otero
8 episodes

as Hunter X-5 / Brad Wolfe
4 episodes

as John Cook
3 episodes

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as Mr. Tophat
3 episodes

as Miles Jones
16 episodes
as Self
1 episodes

as Calvin
8 episodes
as Elliott
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