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.

Callie is thrilled to be part of the YFR cast, having previously contributed as a writer in YFR 2023. Although Callie uses theatre in her everyday life, it has been a long time since she’s performed, and she couldn’t be more excited! Callie is a drama therapist, using her love of storytelling and theatre to provide therapeutic support in an inpatient psychiatry setting. Callie holds an MA in Drama Therapy from NYU and a BS in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago, where she could also be found onstage in both main stage and second stage theatre performances. In addition to her role as a drama therapist, Callie is a teaching artist with DreamStreet Theatre Company, which provides theatre opportunities for performers with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Callie would like to extend sincere gratitude to Miriam for creating this magical project focused on storytelling and the power of human connection. Love and hugs to her family, friends, and the entire YFR crew!

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!

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.