Tirosh Schneider

Tirosh Schneider (He/They) is an LA-based actor, writer, filmmaker, and educator. They are SAG-AFTRA/AEA/VERYCOOL. They have been seen on Apple TV’s Little America, Bull on CBS, Peacock’s American Auto, and in Hulu’s High Fidelity, in which they played Lame Hipster Dude (a stretch). They are a member of the UCB house sketch comedy team “Lasers,” and perform monthly in Los Angeles as part of UCB’s Maude Night. They’ve also performed professionally with the Peccadillo Theatre Company, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, and at various comedy venues around New York and LA. Their original plays and screenplays have been produced by Imaginarium Theater Company, Isle of Shoals Theater, The Flea Theatre, ASF's Southern Writer's Project, The Pack Theatre in Hollywood, and have had a number of readings and workshops. Their play Daniel: The He/They Play won NYU’s prestigious Goldberg Playwriting Prize in 2022, and in 2024 was workshopped by NYU Grad Acting (the first departmental collaboration of its kind). Tirosh had directed numerous theater productions as well, and recently completed production on his first short film, “Off-Brand.” Tirosh formerly led the high school drama program at the Hudson Valley Conservatory, and currently teaches middle school theater and film and high school improv at the Windward School in Los Angeles. They have organized with Sunrise NYC, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Decolonize Our Classroom, and other groups fighting for educational equity, socialism, and climate justice. They have a BFA in Dramatic Writing and a minor in Education from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.