Maria Mileaf (born c. 1965 in New York City) is an American theater director.
[1] She grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey.
[2][3] Mileaf received a BA in literature from Yale College and received an MFA in directing from University of California, San Diego in 1990.
[4] In 1994, she was awarded a Boris Sagal and Bill Foeller Fellowship from the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
[5] She lives in NYC with her husband, set designer Neil Patel,[6] and their two children.