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 productions including at Central Square Theater in MA and the Finborough Theatre in London. Their primary focus is on new work and at BU they collaborated with multiple amazing playwrights to take words off the page at various stages of development. For their thesis project, Lila delved into the world of devising by creating Grow Until…, a 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.

And right now? Lila’s working on a devised piece inspired by a Grimm’s original fairy tale. Ask them about it! Coming soon to an NYC near you…

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.