Lila Neugebauer

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Lila Neugebauer
Born
New York City
Alma materYale University
OccupationDirector, writer, artistic director

Lila Neugebauer (born 1985) is an American theatre director, writer and artistic director. She gained great 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 and a win for Best Actress in a Play for Elaine May.

Early life[]

Neugebauer was born and raised in New York City[1][2] A native Upper West Sider, she grew up seeing plays and was exposed to theatre, and credits her mother for a lot of that.[3] She attended the Hunter College High School,[4] where she performed in Seven Minutes in Heaven by fellow student Lin-Manuel Miranda.[5] Neugebauer played a partygoer.[4]

Neugebauer was an English major at Yale University.[4] There she befriended actress and playwright Zoe Kazan.[4] She has said that "one of the best classes I took was a constitutional law class".[1]

While in Louisville, she received the 2013 Princess Grace Theater Fellowship Award in partnership with Actors Theatre of Louisville.[6]

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).[7]

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."[8] The revival received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play, and a win for Best Actress in a Play (Elaine May).[9]

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.[7] 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.[10]

Filmography[]

Film and television[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Room 104 Director Episode: "Josie & Me" [11]
2021 Maid Director Episode: "Thief"
The Sex Lives of College Girls Director Episode: "I Think I'm a Sex Addict"
TBA Red, White and Water Director Post-production

Theatre[]

Year Play Author Venue Ref.
2012 The Aliens Annie Baker San Francisco Playhouse, California [12]
2013 O Guru Guru Guru Mallery Avidon Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky [13]
2014 Trudy and Max in Love Zoe Kazan South Coast Repertory, California [14]
2014 The Wayside Motor Inn A.R. Gurney The Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway [15]
2015 Kill Floor Abe Koogler Claire Tow Theater, New York [16]
2015 Arcadia Tom Stoppard Stephanie P. McClelland Drama Theater, New York [17]
2016 The Sandbox
Drowning
Funnyhouse of a Negro 		Edward Albee
Maria Irene Fornes
Adrienne Kennedy 		The Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway [18]
2016 The Wolves Sarah DeLappe Duke on 42nd Street, Off-Broadway [19]
2016 Appropriate Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Stephanie P. McClelland Drama Theater, New York [20]
2017 Everybody Branden Jacobs-Jenkins The Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway [21]
2017 The Antipodes Annie Baker [22]
2017 After the Blast Zoe Kazan Claire Tow Theater, New York [23]
2017 The Wolves Sarah DeLappe Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, Off-Broadway
2018 Miles for Mary The Mad Ones Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway [24]
2018 Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo Edward Albee The Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway [25]
2018 Peace for Mary Frances Lily Thorne [26]
2018 Mary Page Marlowe Tracy Letts Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway [27]
2018 The Waverly Gallery Kenneth Lonergan John Golden Theatre, Broadway Debut [28]
2019 Mrs. Murray's Menagerie The Mad Ones Ars Nova at Greenwich House Theatre, Off-Broadway [29]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play The Wayside Motor Inn Nominated [30]
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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "An Interview with Lila Neugebauer". May 31, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Meet Lila Neugebauer, the Director Who Should Be on Your Radar". Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "Meet The Director Behind All the Weird, Brilliant, Deeply Moving Plays You've Seen This Year". June 15, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "The Spring of Lila Neugebauer". January 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  5. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (September 23, 2015). "Lila Neugebauer Directs 'Kill Floor,' but the Cows Are Safe in Her Hands". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  6. ^ "Director Lila Neugebauer Receives a Prestigious 2013 Princess Grace Award in partnership with Actors Theatre of Louisville – Actors Theatre of Louisville". August 7, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 16, 2019). "Jennifer Lawrence Sets Big-Screen Return Aligned With Theater Director Lila Neugebauer, A24 & IAC Films". Deadline. Retrieved February 24, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Brantley, Ben (January 27, 2019). "Review: Elaine May Might Break Your Heart in 'Waverly Gallery'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  9. ^ "The Waverly Gallery".
  10. ^ "Jennifer Lawrence to Star in Untitled A24 Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. April 16, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  11. ^ "Lila Neugebauer".
  12. ^ "The Aliens – San Francisco Playhouse". Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  13. ^ "O Guru Guru Guru, or why I don't want to go to yoga class with you – Actors Theatre of Louisville". Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  14. ^ South Coast Repertory (January 9, 2014). "Excerpts from "Trudy and Max in Love" by Zoe Kazan". Retrieved May 25, 2018 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ "The Wayside Motor Inn – 2014 Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  16. ^ "Kill Floor – 2015 Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  17. ^ "Juilliard Drama Group 45 (4th year) : Tom Stoppard's Arcadia ; December 15, 2015 :: Juilliard Performance Recordings – Dance, Drama, Music". jmedia.juilliard.edu. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  18. ^ "Signature Plays – 2016 Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  19. ^ "The Wolves – 2016 Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  20. ^ "Juilliard Drama Group 46 (4th year) : Jacobs-Jenkins's Appropriate ; December 13, 2016 :: Juilliard Performance Recordings – Dance, Drama, Music". jmedia.juilliard.edu. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  21. ^ "Everybody – 2017 Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  22. ^ "The Antipodes – 2017 Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  23. ^ "After the Blast – 2017 Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  24. ^ "Miles for Mary – 2018 Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  25. ^ "At Home at the Zoo: Homelife & The Zoo Story – 2018 Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  26. ^ "Peace for Mary Frances Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  27. ^ "Mary Page Marlowe Off-Broadway Tickets, Reviews, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  28. ^ The Waverly Gallery ibdb
  29. ^ "Mrs. Murray's Menagerie Ars Nova". www.arsnovanyc.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  30. ^ "Lila Neugebauer". Internet Off-Broadway Database. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
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