Maria Mileaf (Director)

This season, Maria directed the West Coast premiere of Wendy Wasserstein’s THIRD starring Christine Lahti at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. In New York she has directed the premieres of Alexandra Gerston-Vasilleros’ The Argument  (The Vineyard), Lee Blessing’s Going to St Ives (Primary Stages – Outer Critic Circle Award for Best New Play, 2005), Kira Obolensky’s Lobster Alice (Playwright’s Horizons), Vijay Tendulkar’s Sakharam Binder and Erik Emmanuel-Schmidt’s Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran (The Play Company), Oren Safdie’s Private Jokes Public Places (Center for Architecture) Erik Ehn’s ‘Maid (Lincoln Center Festival) and Neena Beber’s Hard Feelings (Women’s Project), Julia Cho's 99 Histories at the Cherry Lane and Dawn Saito's Ha at DTW.

Regionally, Maria’s favorite directing credits include Lucy Prebble’s Sugar Syndrome, John Belluso’s A Nervous Smile and Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Tracy Scott Wilson’s The Story (Barrymore Award for Outstanding Direction, Philadelphia Theatre Company), and Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles (Berkshire Theatre Festival). On the West End, Maria directed Richard Schiff in Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel.