Ilana Ransom Toeplitz

Ilana Ransom Toeplitz (she/her) is a critically acclaimed musical theatre director whose work spans Broadway, Off-Broadway, national and international tours, and leading regional stages. Her regional productions have earned Boston Theatre Critics' Circle recognition, including Something Rotten! at Lyric Stage of Boston and Little Shop of Horrors at Greater Boston Stage Company; she also directed and choreographed The Rocky Horror Show at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul.

On Broadway, Toeplitz served as the SDC Foundation's Mike Ockrent Directing Fellow on the Tony-nominated The Prom and as assistant director on the Tony-nominated Violet starring Sutton Foster. Additional associate credits include Susan Stroman's Crazy for You! 20th Anniversary at Lincoln Center.

A devoted champion of new musical theater, she has directed world premieres at the York Theatre Company, Keen Company, the Drama League, Lincoln Center, and the New York Musical Festival. Her previous Boston Pops credits include Sondheim on Sondheim (assistant director), Symphonic Ragtime (associate director and choreographer), and Modern Masters (associate director). This collaboration holds special personal meaning: her parents met through the BSO and Tanglewood, and she worked on three projects with Stephen Sondheim, including the Off-Broadway “revisal” of Marry Me a Little.

Toeplitz is the recipient of the Drama League of New York's Leo Shull New Musicals Directing Fellowship, the SDC Foundation Mike Ockrent Fellowship, and a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant. She is currently an assistant professor of musical theatre and directing at Emerson College.