Lila spent 10 of their most formative years in South East England, but you’ll only hear it in their accent if you listen closely. Lila’s childhood was split between NYC and Lewes - two wildly different places, but they both have homes in Lila’s heart. The luscious greens and cold whites of the Sussex Downs and the kinetic ambers and watery greys of NYC might seem like an unlikely marriage, but Lila believes in holding multiple truths at once. They hope their art can be as expansive, wistful, and nostalgic as it feels to remember the places you carry with you.

Lila is a LaGuardia High School graduate and a recent Boston University grad. Lila holds a BFA in Theatre Arts and a minor in History from BU, where they sought out directing training and studied performance, viewpoints, Laban technique, and choreography. Movement and physical theatre are Lila’s jam.

As a director, Lila has assisted on a variety of productions, including at Central Square Theater in Massachusetts and the Finborough Theatre in London. Their primary focus is on new work and they have been fortunate to collaborate with multiple amazing playwrights at various stages of development. For their thesis, Lila created Grow Until…, a fully devised piece inspired by Antoine de Sainte-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. The process focused on using deep collaboration and sustainable creative practices to create a production with puppetry, original music, poetry, movement, and a cardboard airplane.

Most recently Lila co-directed Iron Henry’s Frog Prince, a devised piece inspired by the Grimm’s fairy tale, and produced by Floorwork Arts Collective.

Lila’s work highlights beauty, ephemerality, and aims to be uncompromising, inviting, and encompassing at the same time. When they’re not doing theatre, you might find them enjoying a cup of black tea with lots of milk, walking in their peacoat, or listening to slam poetry.