title: Maria Mileaf
text: # 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 |
  