What would you give to right the world's wrongs? Your soul?
A contemporary retelling of the infamous myth, following three activists who join a long line of Fausts, trading their souls for infernal power. Premiering Fall 2026.
October 29-November 15, 2026
The Episcopal Actors' Guild
Guild Hall
1 E 29th Street, New York, NY
Tickets on sale September 1!
October 29-November 15, 2026
The Episcopal Actors' Guild
Guild Hall
1 E 29th Street, New York, NY
Tickets on sale September 1!
Written by Paul Bedard
After Christopher Marlowe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, and Peter Schumann
With contributions by Jessie Atkinson, Rachel Casparian, Sean Devare, Jesse B. Koehler, Adin Lenahan, Katie Palmer, Francine Pinheiro, Arisael Rivera, and Jo Weingandt
Performed by Rachel Casparian, Jesse B. Koehler, Adin Lenahan, Arisael Rivera
Directed by Katie Palmer & Paul Bedard
Music Directed by Josh Krugman
Designed by Isaac De Marchi (scenic), Brynne Oster-Bainnson (costumes), Dan Stearns (lights), Sam Wilson (puppets)
Lead Producer: Diana Zuluaga
After Christopher Marlowe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, and Peter Schumann
With contributions by Jessie Atkinson, Rachel Casparian, Sean Devare, Jesse B. Koehler, Adin Lenahan, Katie Palmer, Francine Pinheiro, Arisael Rivera, and Jo Weingandt
Performed by Rachel Casparian, Jesse B. Koehler, Adin Lenahan, Arisael Rivera
Directed by Katie Palmer & Paul Bedard
Music Directed by Josh Krugman
Designed by Isaac De Marchi (scenic), Brynne Oster-Bainnson (costumes), Dan Stearns (lights), Sam Wilson (puppets)
Lead Producer: Diana Zuluaga
Performance Schedule
- Thursday, October 29 @ 7pm (Preview)
- Friday, October 30 @ 7pm (Preview)
- Saturday, October 31 @ 5pm (+ Opening Night Party)
- Tuesday, November 3 - No show, but don't forget to vote!
- Wednesday, November 4 @ 7pm
- Thursday, November 5 @ 7pm
- Friday, November 6 @ 7pm
- Saturday, November 7 @ 2pm & 7pm
- Wednesday, November 11 @ 7pm
- Thursday, November 12 @ 7pm
- Friday, November 13 @ 7pm
- Saturday, November 14 @ 2pm & 7pm
- Sunday, November 15 @ 2pm (+ Closing Night Party)
Tickets will go on sale September 1!
Development timeline
- January 31, 2024: Book club discussion of Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
- May 15, 2024: Book club discussion of Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
- August 9-17, 2024: First workshop of FAUST/HOPE material
- November 1-2, 2024: "Faust in Brooklyn, 2024" presented at The How to Survive the End of the World Cabaret
- January 8, 2025: Book club discussion of The Devil's Contract by Ed Simon
- January 22, 2025: Cold Reading of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, one of six readings of Faust-inspired plays
- March 29, 2025: First full-script draft reading
- June 16 & 17, 2025: Script workshop
- August 5-7, 2025: "Stuff workshop"
- November 20, 2025: Excerpt shown at The 7 Deadly Sins Cabaret
- January-February, 2026: Script workshop
- October 29-November 15, 2026: Full production
Process Photos
Inspirations & Sources
Plays
Books
- The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
- Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Translations by Walter Kaufmann, Walter Arndt, and Zsuzsanna Ozsváth & Frederick Turner
- Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights by Gertrude Stein
- Temptation by Vaclav Havel
- Faustus by David Mamet
- Faust 3 by the Bread & Puppet Theater
- The musicals Pippin, Damn Yankees, and Little Shop of Horrors
Books
- The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity by Sarah Schulman
- Strangers Drowning by Larissa MacFarquhar
- Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
- Devil’s Contract by Ed Simon
- Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
- Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
- Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
- The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon