Maria Mileaf

Maria Mileaf (born c. 1965) is an American stage director. She has directed productions at major theaters including Williamstown Theatre Festival, Lincoln Center Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, American Conservatory Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, and Vineyard Theatre.

In 2007, Mileaf directed the West End premiere of Glen Berger's Underneath the Lintel at the Duchess Theatre, starring Richard Schiff. Her production of Lee Blessing’s Going to St. Ives received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play, and her direction of Tracey Scott Wilson’s The Story earned the Barrymore Award for Outstanding Direction.

Following the Tony Award–winning run of Yasmina Reza’s Art on Broadway, Mileaf directed the play’s National Tour, culminating in a month-long engagement at The Kennedy Center. In 2001, she directed Reza’s follow-up play, The Unexpected Man, at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.