# Maria Mileaf

Maria Mileaf (born c. 1965 in New York City) is an American theater director. She grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey.
Mileaf received a BA in literature from Yale College and received an MFA in directing from University of California, San Diego in 1990. In 1994, she was awarded a Boris Sagal and Bill Foeller Fellowship from the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She lives in NYC with her husband, set designer Neil Patel, 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 | 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 | Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Wit |
| 2005 | Winner | Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater | Outstanding Direction of a Play | The Story |