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Lila Neugebauer
Presenter & Trustee

Lila Neugebauer is a New York-based stage and screen director. Broadway: Kenneth Lonergan’s THE WAVERLY GALLERY (Golden Theatre, starring Elaine May, Joan Allen, Michael Cera, David Cromer, and Lucas Hedges). Off-Broadway: Tracy Letts’ MARY PAGE MARLOWE (2nd Stage); Annie Baker’s THE ANTIPODES, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' EVERYBODY, Edward Albee’s AT HOME AT THE ZOO: HOMELIFE/THE ZOO STORY, Albee’s THE SANDBOX, Mary Irene Fornes’ DROWNING and Adrienne Kennedy’s FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO (as an evening, Signature Plays), A.R. Gurney’s THE WAYSIDE MOTOR INN (all at Signature Theatre); Sarah DeLappe’s THE WOLVES, Zoe Kazan's AFTER THE BLAST and Abe Koogler’s KILL FLOOR (all at Lincoln Center); and Lily Thorne’s PEACE FOR MARY FRANCES (The New Group). Select regional work: Mike Bartlett’s AN INTERVENTION (Williamstown), Annie Baker’s THE ALIENS (San Francisco Playhouse, Studio Theatre), Amy Herzog’s AFTER THE REVOLUTION and 4000 MILES (Baltimore Center Stage), and the world premieres of Lucas Hnath’s RED SPEEDO (Studio Theatre), Zoe Kazan’s TRUDY AND MAX IN LOVE (South Coast Rep), Dan LeFranc’s TROUBLEMAKER (Berkeley Rep), PARTNERS and O GURU GURU GURU (Humana Festival). TV: The Duplass Brothers' "Room 104" (HBO). As co-Artistic Director of The Mad Ones, Neugebauer co-authors and directs ensemble-devised work, including MILES FOR MARY (Playwrights Horizons, The Bushwick Starr), MRS. MURRAY'S MENAGERIE (Ars Nova), SAMUEL & ALASDAIR… (Ars Nova, New Ohio Theatre), and THE ESSENTIAL STRAIGHT AND NARROW (New Ohio Theatre). Lila is currently developing MILES FOR MARY for television, and she recently wrapped shooting her first feature, starring Jennifer Lawrence and produced by Scott Rudin and Eli Bush (IAC Films) in partnership with A24 and Excellent Cadaver. She is a recipient of the Obie, Drama Desk, and Princess Grace Awards.