Maria Mileaf

Maria Mileaf (born c. 1965 in New York City) is an American theater director.^[1] She grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey.^[2][3]

Maria Mileaf
Born	Maria Joy Mileaf c. 1965 (age 59–60) New York City
Education	Yale College (BA) UCSD (MFA)
Spouse	Neil Patel
Children	2

Mileaf received a BA in literature from Yale College and received an MFA in directing from University of California, San Diego in 1990.^[4] In 1994, she was awarded a Boris Sagal and Bill Foeller Fellowship from the Williamstown Theatre Festival.^[5] She lives in NYC with her husband, set designer Neil Patel,^[6] and their two children.

Theater directing credits

Year	Title	Company	Venue
1990	The Crucible	Los Angeles Theatre Center	Los Angeles Theatre Center
1992	Faith, Hope and Charity: A Little Dance of Death in Five Acts	Sixth Avenue Playhouse	Sixth Avenue Playhouse
1993	The Gut Girls	Cucaracha Theatre Company	Cucaracha Theatre
1994	Scar	Perishable Theatre	Perishable Theatre
1996	Missing Marisa and Kissing Christine	Phoenix Theatre Company	Performing Arts Center at Purchase
1996	Tomorrowland	New Georges	Walkerspace
1997	Laugh I Thought I'd Die		PS 122
1998	Art		Royal George Theatre
1998	How I Learned to Drive	Philadelphia Theatre Company	Plays and Players Theatre
1998	Fire Eater	New York Stage and Film	Coal Bin Theater
1999	Life Under 30: Ten-Minute Plays	Actors Theatre of Louisville	Pamela Brown Auditorium
1999	The Beauty Queen of Leenane	Philadelphia Theatre Company	Plays and Players Theatre
1999	MAID		Lincoln Center
2000	Hard Feelings	Women's Project Theater	Women's Project Theater
1999-2000	Lobster Alice	Playwrights Horizons	Wilder Theatre
2000	Going to St. Ives	La Jolla Playhouse	La Jolla Playhouse
2000	Wit	Philadelphia Theatre Company	Plays and Players Theatre
2001	The Unexpected Man	Geffen Playhouse	Geffen Playhouse
2002	99 Histories	Cherry Lane Mentor Project	Cherry Lane Studio Theatre
2003	Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran	The Play Company	McGinn/Cazale Theatre
2004	Private Jokes, Public Places		Center for Architecture
2004	Nickel and Dimed	Philadelphia Theatre Company	Plays and Players Theatre
2004	Those Who Can, Do	Clubbed Thumb	HERE Arts Center
2005	The Sugar Syndrome	Williamstown Theatre Festival	Williamstown Theatre Festival
2005	The Story	Philadelphia Theatre Company	Philadelphia Theatre Company
2005	Going to St. Ives	Primary Stages Theater	59E59 Theatre
2005	Sakharam Binder[7]	The Play Company	59E59 Theaters
2005	The Argument	Vineyard Theatre	Vineyard Theatre
2005	A Nervous Smile	Williamstown Theatre Festival	Williamstown Theatre Festival
2006-2007	Underneath the Lintel	George Street Playhouse	Duchess Theatre, George Street Playhouse
2006	The Heidi Chronicles	Berkshire Theatre Festival	Berkshire Theatre Festival
2007	Blithe Spirit	Williamstown Theatre Festival	Williamstown Theatre Festival
2007	Third	Geffen Playhouse	Geffen Playhouse
2008	A Perfect Couple	Women's Expressive Theater	DR2 Theater
2008	A Body of Water	Primary Stages Theater	59E59 Theaters
2009	Blood from a Stoner	Ensemble Studio Theatre	Ensemble Studio Theatre
2009	Ninety	Vassar College and New York Stage and Film	Powerhouse Theater
2010	MazelTov Cocktail... an explosive family comedy	Jamie M. Fox (one-woman show)	McGinn/Cazale Theatre
2011	F2M	Vassar College and New York Stage and Film	Powerhouse Theater
2011	Ruined	Philadelphia Theatre Company	Suzanne Roberts Theatre
2012	Reasons to Be Pretty	Philadelphia Theatre Company	Suzanne Roberts Theatre
2013	The Rainmaker	Old Globe Theatre	Old Globe Theatre
2013	The Great God Pan	Juilliard School	McClelland Drama Theater
2014	The Mulberry Bush	Throughline Theatre Company	59E59 Theatre
2014	Detroit	Philadelphia Theatre Company	Suzanne Roberts Theatre
2015	Let There Be Love	American Conservatory Theater	Geary Theater
2015	HA	Akim Funk Buddha	Dance Theater Workshop
2015	Abyss	The Play Company	TheaterLab
2016	After the Wedding		59E59 Theatres
2016	Feeding the Dragon	City Theatre Company	City Theatre
2017	Playing God		59E59 Theatres
2018	Feeding the Dragon	Primary Stages Theater, Hartford Stage	Hartford Stage, Cherry Lane Theatre
2019	Here I Lie	Throughline Theatre Company	59E59 Theatre

Film directing credits

Year	Title	Writer	Notes
	The House in Capricorn	Chantal Billadeau	Short musical film

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Show
2000	Nominee[8]	Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater	Outstanding Direction of a Play	Wit
2005	Winner[9]	Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater	Outstanding Direction of a Play	The Story