Former Students of Sister Rose

Edwin Velasquez

Xavier Miller
Class of 1980; older than his peers

Balthazar

Jacob Granado
Class of 1980; a career cop who rose through the ranks to become a detective

Walter "Rooftop" Desmond

Malachi Windom
Class of 1980; a celebrity LA radio DJ, the #3 personality on the West Coast

Inez Smith

Maya Lysinger
Class of 1981; Walter's ex-wife

Norca

Jaylen Taylor Cooper
Class of 1981; Inez's friend from childhood through high school

Robert "Flip" Johnson

Aubrey Dunbar
Class of 1983; now living in the Midwest

Pinky

A. René Gutierrez
Edwin's younger brother

Visitors & Family

Gail Saunders

Jake Bieniewicz
Flip's longtime partner from Wisconsin; a community-theatre actor

Marcia Cook

Phelan Newman
Sister Rose's niece

Sonia

Morgan Smith
A friend of Marcia's

The Elders

Father Lux

Ashton Couper
A recent arrival to Harlem; resides at the rectory on 121st street

Victor

Wyatt Moore
Never married, devoted to the memory of his first love

In Memoriam

Sister Rose

Marcia's aunt and Victor's soulmate; she was a prominent educator and tireless servant of the Harlem community, revered throughout the Catholic Archdiocese of New York City

Understudies

Riona Hack (Marcia, Sonia)
Nasirah Canada (Norca)
Aviv Haroz (Gail)
Blake McCall (Rooftop)
Elijah Philips (Flip)
Candia Melvin (Inez)
Ryan Bagnolati-Camargo (Balthazar, Edwin, Pinky)