Lila has developed and directed work with theaters all over the country, including The O’Neill, The Civilians, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Luna Stage, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Portland Stage Company, Folger Theatre, the First National Tour of The Bridges of Madison County, and the Source Festival. Her work has been seen internationally at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Directors Lab North, and an Associate Member of SDC. She received the IRAM award for excellence in new play development and the MFA Fellowship from the University of Iowa, and is an alum of the Mercury Store Directing program.

Lila holds a BA from Wesleyan University in the College of Letters, an interdisciplinary program in history, literature, philosophy, and Spanish, and an MFA in Directing from the University of Iowa. She was a member of the 2021-22 R&D Group at The Civilians, a 2021 & 2025 resident at Arteles Creative Center, and a 2026 resident at Hewnoaks. She is a New Georges Affiliated Artist and 2026 Audrey Resident. Her debut play Flatbush Lysistrata is an O’Neill finalist, in residence there in fall 2026; a finalist for the Ojai Playwrights Conference; and won the Jewish Playwriting Contest.

Outside of the rehearsal room, Lila can be found biking, cooking bean-based foods from around the world, and training handbalancing with New York’s circus community. She loves winter and spends as much time in the woods as possible.