Hi! I’m Marjie.
I bring stories to life,
from one industry to the next.
An actor by vocation, I caught the performing bug young, beginning ballet training at age five and joining every community theatre production I could in my northern Minnesotan hometown.
I moved to New York City to earn a B.A. in Dance and Human Rights at Barnard College of Columbia University, where I began my acting training under Juilliard’s Rebecca Guy and Rob Bundy, worked with several celebrated choreographers, and studied dance abroad in Senegal, New Zealand, and Paris. In the years since, I’ve continued to train at studios in New York and London, and performed on stages and sets across the country.
Some of my most fulfilling experiences have come from creating my own work. In 2018 and 2019, I created and produced a solo cabaret honoring Judy Garland (we share a hometown!) called, What Would Judy Do?, selling out venues in New York and Minnesota.
In the fall of 2024, Jamie Gore Pawlik and I founded Kind Strangers Collective, a New York City–based theatre company creating spirited theatre that invites audiences to slow down and engage with the social issues shaping our world, onstage and off. Our work highlights exciting artists, timely issues, and impactful NYC nonprofits.
Alongside every step of my performing arts career, I’ve written and edited professionally for various entities, including Big Five publishers, Harvard professors, Fortune 500 executives, award-winning authors, human rights nonprofits, law firms, commercial brands—you name it.
During the pandemic, I served on the leadership team of a personal branding firm helping business leaders and authors share their work and cultivate an audience around it. As VP of Content & Editorial, I led the ghostwriting team and managed a roster of over 30 clients at the top of their fields, shaping their brands, launching their books, and writing and editing so, so much content.
I now freelance as a ghostwriter and editor with clients in a range of industries and subject matters — from executive coaching to mental health to product management — writing and editing books, memoirs, articles, and newsletters and creating content strategies focused on value delivery, engagement, and growth.
Whether diving into a script or writing for a client, tying all of my work together is a deep curiosity about people, a commitment to understanding others’ perspectives, and the determination to have a positive impact.