LILA DUPREE
performer • producer • writer • director
SCREEN
BIG SUR - Los Angeles
Writer/Director/Producer
Writer/Director debut. A darkly comedic drama short that explores the myriad ways grief transforms and haunts us, Big Sur follows Faye on the eve of her 40th anniversary, as she and her husband return to the beloved place they eloped to many years before. Produced by Ladyship Productions.
**Jury Award for Best Narrative Short, Washington West Film Festival
**Best Family Short, Manhattan Film Festival
**World Premiere at LA Shorts International Film Festival (Oscar-Qualifying)
**Official Selection Catalina Film Festival
**Official Selection San Jose International Short Film Festival (Oscar-Qualifying)
**Official Selection Dam Short Film Festival
**Official Selection La Femme International Film Festival
**Official Selection Yountville International Short Film Festival
WALK THE LIGHT – Los Angeles
Producer/Writer
Romantic comedy short starring Michael Richards (Seinfeld) and Tamara Feldman
Screened at over 40 festivals around the world including: Newport Beach Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, Beverly Hills Film Festival, NY Shorts Fest, USA Film Festival (Top 12 out of 2400 submissions), Liverpool Lift Off Festival, Paris Court Devant, Dam Short Film Festival, Gasparilla Film Festival, Fresno Film Festival, Athens International Film Festival, Show Me Shorts Film Festival.
**Honolulu Film Awards Grand Jury Prize
**The Film Festival of Colorado Jury Award for Best Short
**Budapest's BUSHO Film Festival Special Jury Prize
**Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood Merit Award Best Supporting Actor, Michael Richards
**Phenom Film Fest Nomination for Best Short
TIC TAC STOP (short) – Los Angeles
Producer
Comedic short starring David Moscow (Big, Newsies)
THE COLLECTIVE (webseries) – Los Angeles
Producer/Creator/Writer/Director
Comedic webseries centered around four misfits running a dispensary. One pot shop, four employees, three brain cells.
Co-produced and co-directed webisode that has over 235K views on YouTube.
Writer/Director of episode, Emma Meets Her Match.
STAGE
THE 39 STEPS - Acadia Repertory Theater, Maine
Director, 2024 Season
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Acadia Repertory Theater, Maine
Director, 2022 Season
THE WITCH HUNT– Los Angeles
Creator/Producer/Host
Creator and co-host of all-lady monthly comedy variety show inspired by the #MeToo movement. 2018 residency at the El Portal Theatre.
EL GRANDE CIRCUS DE COCA-COLA – Skylight Theatre & Colony Theatre, Los Angeles
Producer/Creator/Writer
World Premiere. Critically-acclaimed, sold-out, hit comedy, LA Times Critic's Choice. Broke all box office records at the Skylight Theatre. Ran 14 weeks at the Skylight before transferring to the 270-seat Equity house, The Colony Theatre, for a six-week run.
**Broadway World Best Los Angeles Unique Theatre Event of 2015
**Broadway World Best Lead Performance of 2015, Marcelo Tubert
**Bitter Lemons Runner Up Best Musical of 2015
**Bitter Lemons Best Ensemble Cast in a Musical of 2015
THE COMMON TONGUE – New York/Los Angeles
Co-Artistic Director/Creative Producer/Co-Founder
GRENADINE - NYC
Producer
Staged Reading of 2008 Yale Drama Award Winner, by Neil Wechsler, Theatre for the New City
WHAT THE SPARROW SAID - NYC
Producer
World Premiere, New York International Fringe Festival
DANCING FOR KRUMHOLTZ - Los Angeles
Producer
Staged Reading of Tom Cudworth’s (penned Adrian Brody film Restaurant) new play, Elephant Stages
CONNECT FIVE - NYC
Producer
Evening of four new one-act plays including World Premieres of Wendy MacLeod (House of Yes) and Lucy Thurber (Scarcity), Ars Nova
ALL OVER - NYC
Producer
Staged Reading. Collaboration with Edward Albee and featuring Marian Seldes and Kathleen Butler, Linda Gross Theatre, Atlantic Theatre Company
COLOR THE SKY - NYC
Producer
Workshop Reading of a new play featuring John Shea and Angelica Torn, The Geraldine Page Salon for the Arts
ORIGINAL WORKS NIGHT - NYC
Producer/Director
Evening of short play World Premieres, The Kraine Theatre
KWAMASHU DREAMS – Durban, South Africa
Co-Creator/Director
Original musical collaboration with Alive Kids!, a youth theatre company, Ekhaya Multi Arts Center, KwaMashu. Produced with the support of the Columbia University Henry Evans Traveling Fellowship.
EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Columbia College, NY, NY, Bachelor of Arts with Distinction. Anthropology, Specialization in African Studies, GPA 3.7, Dean’s List
SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING, Durban, South Africa, University of Natal-Durban
COOPERATING PROGRAMS IN THE AMERICAS, Havana, Cuba, Universidad de la Habana
STUDIO ART CENTERS INTERNATIONAL, Florence, Italy