“Our Mission:
Fostering theatrical collaboration to create innovative productions that highlight the beauty of a virtuous life.”
Owen Brown
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*All donations route through the fiscal sponsorship of Artists in Christian Testimony
Meet the CEO
Owen's first full-length script, The Time of My Life, has seen the stage twice and has received many positive commendations from the likes of St. Louis critic Bob Wilcox and playwright Dr. Gillette Elvgren Jr. As a producer, he has done over fifteen table or staged readings and two full productions. Owen's other work this year includes Cheaper by the Dozen with VPCT where he played Joe Scales, Older Frank, and assistant directed; Sir Luce in Once upon a Mattress with ECC; and co-directing First Person Shooter in the Stl Fringe Festival. Owen was the valedictorian of his undergraduate class at California Baptist University in 2019. He received his master's from Covenant Theological Seminary in Jan 2025 where his thesis was A Who’s Who of Eucharistic Memory: How Old Testament Memorials Help Delineate the Actor of the Remembering of Ἀνάμνησις in 1 Corinthians 11:24–25. Owen has also written his own Vacation Bible School Curriculum and is in the process of developing it towards publishing.
Owen is passionate about making artistic visions into beautiful realities. He sees his role in the theatre as being a driver of new work who brings together a community of creators and gives them what they need to create praiseworthy art. It is his prayer that this endeavor of starting Bread and Wine Theatre Company will produce stories that speak to people of all walks of life and bless a community of theatrical creators in the process.
Our Board
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Bo Hanley
Elizabeth "Bo" Hanley brings both performing arts board and high level business experience to the advisory board for Bread and Wine Theatre Company. She served as the Sam's Club Midwest region's pharmacy director for nearly twenty years, where she earned awards for herself and her team including best pharmacy manager, best for associates, and the J. D. Powers award. Bo previously served as the President of the Board for St Louis Children's Choir where she planned and fundraised for student choir trips as far as to Japan. Elizabeth’s deep passion for the performing arts and genuine enthusiasm for Bread and Wine's mission are why she was thrilled to be asked to be a part of the board. She hopes that this new company will soon be an integral part of the St. Louis and Midwest theatre which she so loves.
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Mary Heyl
Mary Heyl is a proud St. Louis native and theatre artist around the Midwest. As an actor, she has worked with St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Project of Chicago, Madison Street Theatre, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Metropolis Performing Arts Center and more. As an educator and director she has worked with Chicago Children’s Theatre, Special Gifts Theatre, COCA Performing Arts Center and is looking forward to directing her first show with Bread and Wine Theatre Co. later next year. Mary is a passionate Christian artist who is excited to partner with this fabulous theatre company to spread the message of the gospel through meaningful story telling. 2 Corinthians 4:16.
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Brendan Joyce
A passionate photographer and musician since childhood; he has woven together his love for visual and audio storytelling as a Multimedia Specialist. Brendan stands out as having a particular flair for merging the two components. He began his career as a photoshop expert in print media; his audio talent was soon recognized, sought after, and integrated into animated presentations. His penchant for things audio lies in the roots of his love for music. Brendan is a former student of Walter Garces, Henry Adler (read article and watch video), and John Kasica. He played percussion in both the Webster University Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra and graduated from Webster University with a Bachelor of Arts in music. Brendan has performed locally, with various groups, he takes his camera everywhere; loves capturing the beauty of the human face, enjoys traveling, creating videos, websites and engineering audio. The website design, logo design, and photos of the CEO for Bread and Wine all are Brendan's work. You can see more of his work at his website, brendanjoyce.com
*As Bread and Wine Theatre Company is not yet incorporated as a 501(c)3, the Board serves as a Board of Advisors rather than a Board of Directors
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