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  • Flatbush Lysistrata is a semi-finalist for the O’Neill Playwrights Conference and a finalist for the Jewish Plays Project.

  • Lila is a 2026 New Georges Audrey Resident with I WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A SET OF STUPID HOLES, a verbatim text opera with language from dating apps, with composer Mel Hsu.

  • genesis, a collaboration with Denmo Ibrahim, will be part of the 2026 Cleveland Public Theater Softlaunch Festival.

  • Extra Dry will premiere in New York and Edinburgh in 2026.

Lila Rachel Becker (she/her) is a DC-raised, East Coast-based director and writer. She creates joyful, rigorous productions of formally inventive new work and irreverent reimaginings of classics that challenge us to think and act with radical hope.