Mary Bronstein (ne Mary Wall), co-starred in 2007's award winning and critically acclaimed film, Frownland. Yeast is her first stab at direction. Mary is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied acting, and also holds advanced degrees in psychology. In addition to acting in various projects, she runs a therapeutic play program for hospitalized children. She lives in Brooklyn and is currently looking for parts while planning her second, third and fourth turns at directing. She also is involved in Joe Swanberg's webseries Butterknife, co-staring with her husband Ronald Bronstein. ~SXSW~