Lila Neugebauer

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Lila Neugebauer
Born New York City
Alma mater Yale University
Occupation Director, writer, artistic director

Lila Neugebauer (/ˈlaɪlə ˈnɔɪɡəbaʊ.ər/;[1] born 1985) is an American theatre director, writer and artistic director. She gained acclaim for her direction of the Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan's The Waverly Gallery in 2018. The play earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Play. In 2022 she directed her feature film debut, the A24 drama Causeway.

Early life

Neugebauer was born and raised in New York City[2][3] A native Upper West Sider, she grew up seeing plays and was exposed to theatre, and credits her mother for a lot of that.[4] She attended the Hunter College High School,[5] where she performed in Seven Minutes in Heaven by fellow student Lin-Manuel Miranda.[6] Neugebauer played a partygoer.[5]

Neugebauer was an English major at Yale University.[5] There she befriended actress and playwright Zoe Kazan.[5] She has said that "one of the best classes I took was a constitutional law class".[2]

While in Louisville, she received the 2013 Princess Grace Theater Fellowship Award in partnership with Actors Theatre of Louisville.[7]

Career

One of the standout young stage directors, her plays include Tracy Letts' Mary Page Marlowe (2018), Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo (2018), and the world premieres of Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves (2017), The Mad Ones' Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (2019) and Miles For Mary (2017), Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Everybody (2017), and Annie Baker's The Antipodes (2017).[8]

Neugebauer continued to direct various plays off-Broadway. She made her Broadway debut as a director for Kenneth Lonergan's revival of The Waverly Gallery which debuted at the John Golden Theatre on September 25, 2018 in previews, and officially opened on October 25. The play, produced by Scott Rudin, is considered a "memory play", and starred Elaine May, Lucas Hedges, Michael Cera, Joan Allen, and David Cromer. The play received widespread critical acclaim, including from Ben Brantley, theatre critic for The New York Times, who described her direction as "fine-tuned."[9] The revival received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play, and a win for Best Actress in a Play (Elaine May).[10]

In 2018, she made her television directing debut for episode of the Duplass brothers’ HBO series Room 104.

In 2019, it was announced that Neugebauer would be teaming up with A24 and Scott Rudin to make her directorial film debut with Red, White and Water, later retitled Causeway.[8] In April 2019, it was announced Jennifer Lawrence was attached as a star in the project, and was written by first-time screenwriter Elizabeth Sanders. The project's principal photography started in mid-June 2019 in New Orleans.[11]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Notes Ref.
2018 Room 104 Episode: "Josie & Me" [12]
2021 Maid Episode: "Thief"
2021-22 The Sex Lives of College Girls 3 episodes

Film

Theatre

Year Play Author Venue Ref.
2012 The Aliens Annie Baker San Francisco Playhouse, California [13]
2013 O Guru Guru Guru Mallery Avidon Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky [14]
2014 Trudy and Max in Love Zoe Kazan South Coast Repertory, California [15]
The Wayside Motor Inn A.R. Gurney The Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway [16]
2015 Kill Floor Abe Koogler Claire Tow Theater, New York [17]
Arcadia Tom Stoppard Stephanie P. McClelland Drama Theater, New York [18]
2016 The Sandbox
Drowning
Funnyhouse of a Negro		 Edward Albee
Maria Irene Fornes
Adrienne Kennedy		 The Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway [19]
The Wolves Sarah DeLappe Duke on 42nd Street, Off-Broadway [20]
Appropriate Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Stephanie P. McClelland Drama Theater, New York [21]
2017 Everybody The Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway [22]
The Antipodes Annie Baker [23]
After the Blast Zoe Kazan Claire Tow Theater, New York [24]
The Wolves Sarah DeLappe Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, Off-Broadway
2018 Miles for Mary The Mad Ones Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway [25]
Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo Edward Albee The Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway [26]
Peace for Mary Frances Lily Thorne [27]
Mary Page Marlowe Tracy Letts Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway [28]
The Waverly Gallery Kenneth Lonergan John Golden Theatre, Broadway Debut [29]
2019 Mrs. Murray's Menagerie The Mad Ones Ars Nova at Greenwich House Theatre, Off-Broadway [30]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play The Wayside Motor Inn Nominated [31]
2017 Sam Norkin Award N/A Won
2017 Obie Award Ensemble Performance The Wolves Won
2017 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Director of a Play Nominated
2017 Best Director Nominated
2017 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Director Nominated
2018 Drama League Award Outstanding Revival of a Play Edward Albee's The Zoo Story Nominated
2018 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play Miles for Mary Nominated
2018 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Play Nominated
2018 Outstanding Director Nominated
2020 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Play Mrs. Murray's Menagerie Nominated
2022 Rome Film Festival Best First Feature Award Causeway Won [32]

References

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