Stephanie Wittels Wachs


Stephanie Rose Wittels 'Wachs' is an American voice actress, activist, and author. She is the co-founder and executive director of the theatre company Rec Room Arts in Houston, Texas and the co-founder and chief creative officer of the podcast network Lemonada Media. Wachs is the host of the podcast Last Day.
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Career

Memoir

Wachs is the author of Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss, a memoir about addiction, grief, and healing. Her other writing can be found on Vox, Longform, Huffington Post, Fatherly, Babble, and Medium.

Lemonada Media

In 2017, Wachs appeared as a guest on the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking! discussing her struggle coping with her brother's death. At the time, Wachs was hosting a podcast of her own called Hands Off Parenting and continuing her work in voice acting. An Executive Producer of Crooked Media's Pod Save the People, Jessica Cordova Kramer, heard the episode and subsequently made contact with Wachs. Cordova Kramer had lost her brother, Stefano, to a battle with addiction earlier that year. In September 2019, the two teamed up to found the podcasting network Lemonada Media.
Lemonada Media's first launch was a narrative podcast breaking down the opioid crisis through personal interviews entitled Last Day. Last Day was an honoree in two categories at the 2020 Webby Awards and nominated for a 2020 iHeart Radio Award.
Wachs is chief content officer and executive producer for Lemonada Media's other slated podcasts, including Our America with Julian Castro, Tell Me What to Do with Jaime Primak Sullivan, and The Untold Story: Policing.

Press

Wachs has been a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers, NPR Weekend Edition, Houston Matters, and numerous podcasts including Comedy Bang! Bang!, Who Charted?, and Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend. She has been featured in People magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, The Hollywood Reporter, Arts & Culture Magazine, and as one of Houstonia Magazines "10 Houston Women Making it Happen."

Personal life

Wachs is married to Mike Wachs. They have a daughter born in 2014 and a son born in 2018, named after her younger brother, Harris Wittels. In her book, she also mentioned that she has two nieces.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Xenosaga: The AnimationShion UzukiEpisode: “Awakening”
2005AirKano Kirishima, Additional VoicesRecurring role
2006SoltyReiSarah RevantEpisode: "Tears: After the Showdown"
2006MagikanoRan, Additional VoicesGuest role
2006Welcome to the N.H.K.Misaki NakaharaEpisode: “Welcome to the Project!”
2006Red GardenMirielleGuest role
2006009-1Victor, Additional VoicesGuest role
2006Air GearYayoi NakayamaMain role
2006–2007The WallflowerAdditional VoicesGuest role
2007Tokyo MajinAoi MasatoEpisode: “First Night: The Twelve Generals of the Martial Fist”
2007Venus Versus VirusLilithEpisode: "Deep Feelings"
2007IceHitomi AidaUnknown
2007Devil May Cry: The Animated SeriesNinaGuest role
2007Princess ResurrectionMikasaEpisode: “Princess Zombie"
2007–2009ClannadKouko Ibuki, Female StudentGuest role
2007–2008Princess ResurrectionFrancescaMain role
2008Xam'd: Lost MemoriesYunboGuest role
2009NeedlessKannaEpisode: “Seto x Soruva”
2010The World God Only KnowsAdditional VoicesEpisode: “Flag.12.0 More Than a God, Less Than a Human"
2011ChihayafuruAdditional VoicesEpisode: "Now the Flower Blooms"
2015–2022Food Wars!: Shokugeki no SomaErina NakiriMain role
2015–2016GateShino KuribayashiRecurring role
2015My Love Story!!Mariya SaijoGuest role
2015School-Live!Megumi ‘Megu-nee’ SakuraMain role
2015Chivalry of a Failed KnightToka TodoGuest role
2015–2016Ushio and ToraHinowa, KaoriGuest role
2016Flying WitchMakoto KowataMain role
2016Tanaka-kun is Always ListlessShiraishiRecurring role
2016OnigiriYoshitsuneMain role
2017Just Because!Momoka SuzukiGuest role
2017Girls' Last TourIshiiEpisode: “Accident/Technology/Takeoff”
2018Mitsuboshi ColorsAdditional VoicesGuest role