What's mine is yours, and what is yours is mine.
~Measure for Measure
Mine is Yours Theatre Company is an ensemble of classically trained Los Angeles-based artists. Through inventive productions of classic and contemporary plays and casting choices which defy convention, we seek to celebrate the complexity of women and to offer actresses and actors the opportunity to play a wider variety of roles than the entertainment industry normally affords them. We want to explore the transformative power of theatre, revel in the bare magical moments that only happen on stage, and illuminate the vital and irreplaceable ways in which theatre speaks to life in the 21st century.
FOUNDERS
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER (Artistic Director/Actor)
Mary Ellen is an actor, director, producer and teacher in Los Angeles, and occasionally in New York City. She can be seen in a web series or two, a couple national commercials, and at Bricks and Scones on Larchmont with one or two of her dogs!
www.maryellenschneider.com // @maryeschneider
Los Angeles Theatre: First Witch/Rosse/Gentlewoman/Lady Macduff in Macbeth and Celia in As You Like It (CityShakes), Hermia understudy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatricum Botanicum), Helena Gray in Rite of Seymour (Drive Theatre).
New York Theatre: Irina in Three Sisters and Moth in Love’s Labor’s Lost (both directed by Andrei Serban), Phoebe in As You Like It (Classic Stage Company), Lady Anne in Richard III, Nina in The Seagull and The Pupil in The Lesson (ColumbiaSTAGES), Welcome to Eternity (FringeNYC 2011), and AK-47 Sing-Along (FringeNYC 2010 Award).
MFA in Acting: Columbia University
SAG-AFTRA, EMC
HANNAH PELL (Executive Director/Actor)
Hannah is pretty amazed and thrilled to be able to work on some of her favorite plays with some of her favorite people. She is originally from Santa Monica, journeyed back east for college, and has returned to LA hoping to combine her years-long passion for theatre with film and television.
Los Angeles Theatre: Ensemble in Measure for Measure and Heartbreak House (Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum), Tiger Lily/Ump in Looking Glass Land (West Valley Playhouse), Amanda in The Glass Menagerie (The Tre Stage).
New York Theatre: Hannah Pitt/Ethel Rosenberg/Henry/Oldest Living Bolshevik in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika and Olga in Three Sisters (Powerhouse Theater); Pope Joan/Louise in Top Girls and Girl in Boy's Life (Shiva Theater).
London Theatre: Sir Hugh Evans in The Merry Wives of Windsor (RADA, directed by Nick Hutchison)
BA in Drama: Vassar College
Other Training: Warner Loughlin Studios (2011- Present), RADA: Acting Shakespeare, Shakespeare Scene Study and Monologues (Susan Angelo and Melora Marshall).
EMC
JULIE DIETZ (Co-Founder/Actor)
Julie is absolutely ecstatic to be working and creating with such an amazingly talented, fun, and passionate company. Julie is originally from the small town of Twinsburg, Ohio. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Theater & Spanish from Skidmore College in 2011. Julie has been living her childhood dream and pursuing her acting career in Los Angeles ever since. She could not be more grateful to have found such a lovely group of actors who share her passion for Shakespeare and live theatre.
Los Angeles Theatre: Ensemble in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Measure for Measure, and Heartbreak House (Theatricum Botanicum), Tess in Six Degrees of Separation (Archway Studio/Theatre), Ensemble in Love & Terror (The Living Corps)
SAG/AFTRA Eligible, EMC
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HAYLEY BROWN (Communications Director/Actor)
Hayley had no idea when she met Julie, Hannah, and Mary Ellen that their one-summer internship together would forge some of the greatest friendships of her life. Not only are these ladies one helluva good time to hang out with, they are motivated, inspiring, smart, and keep her on her toes. The best kinds of people to work with are those that you know, like, and trust, and Hayley can't really believe her luck. She looks forward to many more projects with the women of Mine is Yours, and is so thankful for their and the rest of the Twelfth Night cast and crew's willingness to start from ground zero and create their own work. Her short film Les MiseraBaristas recently won Viewers' Choice Award in The Thriving Artist Circle Tiny Film Fest. Great thanks to her family in Georgia for their unending love, patience, and support. @hayleybird711
Los Angeles Theatre: Viola in Twelfth Night (Mine is Yours), Feste in Twelfth Night (Street Shakespeare), Abigail Folger/Ensemble in Love & Terror (Living Corps), Audrey in As You Like It (CityShakes), Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Ensemble in Measure for Measure (Theatricum Botanicum), Carolyn/Sarah/Tony/Winky in The Dining Room (The Promenade Playhouse)
London Theatre: Maria/Jaquenetta in Love's Labour's Lost (RADA, directed by Nick Hutchison)
BA in Theatre: University of Southern California
Other Training: Midsummer in Oxford (BADA), Acting Shakespeare (RADA), Shakespeare Scene Study and Monologues (Susan Angelo, Abby Craden), Classical Theatre Master Class (Ellen Geer), Vocal Power (Lis Howard), Solo Performance (Eric Trules), Voice Over (Jeff Jones)
EMC
