Miriam Wasmund is an Alvin Ailey trained dancer living and creating work in NYC since 2001. She has had the great fortune to work with many inspiring choreographers and travel with dance which ultimately lead her to find her love for movement, creating and community as a choreographer and producer. Miriam also works in fitness as a Personal Trainer and a Group Coach and knows how important it is for us to live in our bodies, cultivate our passions and find wellness in sharing our spirit to its fullest. She is beyond grateful to her cast , contributors and long time supporters who have been by her side in all the good and all the struggle, and would like to say a very special thank you to Britton and Melena Fisher for the seed of opportunity to find herself in this again.

Carrie James is a performer, writer, and co-producer for Your Faithful Reader. Her theatre background and training is in experimental and movement-based performance. She earned her theatre degree from C.W Post and has done workshops with Teatro delle Radici and the Dah Theatre, the latter while attending the first US Magdalena Festival (an international group of female theatre makers). She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and the International Theatre Festival in Paphos, Cyprus. She joined the Your Faithful Reader team in 2019, a return to the stage after an extended break in which she studied international relations and law.

Mercedes began her journey performing with the Your Faithful Reader in April of 2023, where she also penned her first letter, “Dear Mama”, which opened up the floodgates to her writing more letters. She has a BA in Acting from C.W. Post, Long Island University and has studied with the late Sande Shurin. She is thrilled to work and perform again with a team of incredible and talented people, especially Miriam Wasmund. Mercedes continues to pursue her passion for creative expression through art and spirituality, believing everyone has what they need within to be magical.

Rebekah is a writer and runner who spends her downtime going down bizarre research rabbit holes. When she’s not adventuring in a far-flung country or hunting down the world’s biggest wooden nickel you can find her at home, hanging out with her two cats, one dog and 55 plants. She’s very excited to be the Assistant Producer for this year’s production of Your Faithful Reader! You can find her random musings at franklyrebekah.com.

Sarah Sakita Mozeson is a Japanese/Jewish/American actor and NYC native who is thrilled to be returning to Your Faithful Reader. Film: Your Labs are Normal, Sid is Dead. Theatre: Syracuse Stage, New York Stage & Film. Sarah is an Associate Director and Teaching Artist for the DreamStreet Theatre Company, a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization that provides theatrical production opportunities to developmentally disabled performers with a passion for the performing and creative arts. Training: BFA, Syracuse University. Special thank you to Miriam! 

www.sarahmozeson.com

Actor/Model/Advocate/Writer/Filmmaker. Graduate of The New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Television Credits include: CBS, ABC, HBO Max, and Starz. Off stage: Marc is a Multimedia specialist teaching impactful life skills to youth as well as a popular LGBTQ+ mentor and advocate.

Liz Dutton is a Brooklyn-based actor, hailing originally from Rochester, NY. She studied theater at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and has appeared in many productions and readings in New York, DC, Virginia, and Pennsylvania—from Shakespeare to devised works to farce, and just about everything in between. Recent credits include The Concertmaster (Borrowed Landscape), Rabbi (The Minotaur), Clytemnestra (Iphigenia), and Eva (Collaborators). Thanks to Miriam and Robert and the whole YFR team for the opportunity to work with this wonderful and supportive cast!

Christine Bermudez is an NYC-born actress, working in theater, film, TV, commercials, music & voice over. She recently wrapped a pilot for Love, Sex and Menopause and stars in the 2022 suspense thriller Cipher, which has been accepted as the official selection of over 13 film festivals in 2023 and has won several awards thus far. She loves learning languages & is a self proclaimed Mother of Cats! She is beyond honored & excited to make her debut performance alongside Miriam, and members of the Dream Street Theatre Company as well as some new & long time friends & fellow artists she considers familia! "A tremendous thank you to Miriam Wasmund of course for welcoming me into her home & heart with such love and also those of my castmates who have all embraced me with open arms as i join the legacy of such a tight knit community of like minded artists who crave to create as we celebrate 5 beautiful years of Your Faithful Reader at this year's Gala. "Shout out to mi manito, Robbie Maisonett, for connecting me to this magical group of souls. I'm forever grateful to you all for coming into my life in divine timing during this era of healing in my life."

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​www.christinebermudez.com

Coda Leana Boyce is originally from Detroit, MI. Her New York credits include: Pericles with Hamlet Isn't Dead; We Go East with Makers' Ensemble; the world premiere of Genesis with Titan Theatre Company; and On The Harmful Effects of Tobacco and Other Substances with TheaterLab. She has also performed in the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, winning with Mercy at Midnight Castle, which you can find published next year. Regional credits include: Eubie, The Light, and The African Company Presents Richard III with The St. Louis Black Repertory Company; the world premiere of Flex, The Mountaintop and Tiny Beautiful Things with TheatreSquared; and A Christmas Carol with The Dallas Theater Center. She obtained her B.F.A. in Acting from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.

Colston is thrilled to join the YFR family. He is a stage manager, singer, and composer based in New York. Credits include Honor (OB). He earned a BA in Choral Music from USC in 2021. He thanks all his friends and family for their undying support!

Marc D. Johnson, Jr. is an actor, writer, & spoken word poet who has been involved in the performing arts ever since he was nine (9) years old. Marc was born and raised in the “City of Brotherly Love” (a.k.a Philadelphia), and graduated with a BA in Theater from Muhlenberg College in 2019. Since graduating, Marc has been blessed to work on a variety of projects all throughout the country. Some of his more recent credits include: Marc D. Lyons’ Counterbalance (Off-Off Broadway) & Carly Burton’s Surviving Creekside (New York University Pilot Episode). Marc thanks God, his family, and close friends for all of their love, support, and guidance—without them, none of this would be possible.

www.marcdjohnsonjr.com

Dorky at her best and flirtatious at her worst, Alexandra is an actress that began as a writer. Reading stories like Sula, The Grapes of Wrath, and Postcards from No Man's Land, invited Alexandra to extend her artistic outreach beyond reading, into writing, music and then finally into acting.

As a first generation Jamaican-American, she has experienced life through conflicting perspectives that allow nuanced art to pour out of her. Born in Queens, raised out in Brooklyn, and then interrupted by a swift shift to the suburbs of New Jersey, Alexandra grew up on ackee and salt-fish, Bollywood movies, and lots of My Chemical Romance shower renditions. 

With such a versatile cultural background, her acting training continued that trend. Rutgers University provided her with a four year scholarship which she used to acquire a BA in Theater and Journalism, with a focus on Meisner techniques. She later received an MFA in Acting from East 15 Acting School, a British drama school where she studied Shakespeare and Laban. In between school terms she performed with Car Crash Productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Drayton Arms Theatre.

Her art reflects her cultural and personal diversity and she couldn't have been happier choosing this medium of expression!

Chelsea is thrilled to be back with YFR, first performing in YFR 2024. Chelsea is an NYC-based performer whose background can best be described as a bohemian artist. A professional dancer with 20+ years of experience, they also take the stage as an actor and shadowcast performer. Most recent production was Starkid's Twisted as actor and co-choreographer, restaged and directed by Adam Sherwin. They are also the drag persona/cosmic whatever Cross Beaux, performing throughout the city and recently created and judged an inaugural drag pageant with the board members of Gay Geeks of New York. They recently joined the Aunties & Friends For Liberation, a group that attends CEC District 2 meetings and advocates for NYC schools to be spaces where trans kids and all kids feel worthy of being loved, safe, and seen.

Melanie Holm is a soprano, dancer, and choreographer reframing opera through movement. Melanie’s choreographed operatic works have been featured at National Sawdust, Triskelion Arts, Take Root at GreenSpace, Bridge for Dance, SMUSH Gallery, The Tank, Borne Dance Company, Reaction Dance Company, and in artist residencies at Bearnstow and Moulin Belle. In 2024, Melanie founded MANX, short for Movement Arts Nature Exchange, to house her creative work and to help dancers, singers, and community members integrate dance and singing together. Through MANX, Melanie hosts classes and workshops in partnership with MOtiVE Brooklyn, collaborates with videographer Amy Zhang, has worked with the Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble, and is leading a community oriented Movement/Singing Workshop through an upcoming residency with Moulin Belle.