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 the country's 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. In New York, she directed and choreographed both the 10th Anniversary Concert and Reunion Concert of Reefer Madness! — the latter featuring Tony Award winner Alan Cumming — at 54 Below and New World Stages. 

On Broadway, Ilana served as the SDC Foundation's Mike Ockrent Directing Fellow on the Tony-nominated The Prom (Dir: Casey Nicholaw), and as Assistant Director on the Tony-nominated Violet starring Sutton Foster (Dir: Leigh Silverman). Additional associate credits include Susan Stroman's Crazy for You! 20th Anniversary at Lincoln Center and Dan Knechtges on My Favorite Year. 

A devoted champion of new musical theatre, she has directed world premieres at The York Theatre Company, Keen Company (Off-Broadway), The Drama League, Lincoln Center, 54 Below and the New York Musical Festival. 

Other Boston Pops credits include Sondheim on Sondheim in 2017 (Assistant Director), Symphonic Ragtime (Associate Director & Choreographer), Modern Masters (Associate Director). This collaboration is especially meaningful given Ilana’s parents met through the BSO and Tanglewood; and that Ilana was fortunate to work on three projects with Stephen Sondheim, including the Off-Broadway “revisal” of Marry Me A Little. 

Ilana 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 for Creative Individuals. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre and Directing at Emerson College.