One of the standout young stage directors, Neugebauer's stage productions include
Tracy Letts'
Mary Page Marlowe (2018),
Edward Albee's
At Home at the Zoo (2018), and the world premieres of
Sarah DeLappe's
The Wolves (2017), The Mad Ones'
Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (2019) and
Miles For Mary (2017),
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins'
Appropriate (2016) and
Everybody (2017) as well as
Annie Baker's
The Antipodes (2017). Neugebauer has continued to direct various plays off-Broadway. She made her Broadway debut as a director for
Kenneth Lonergan's revival of
The Waverly Gallery which debuted at the
John Golden Theatre on September 25, 2018 in previews, and officially opened on October 25. The play, produced by
Scott Rudin, is considered a "
memory play", and starred
Elaine May,
Lucas Hedges,
Michael Cera,
Joan Allen, and
David Cromer. The play received widespread critical acclaim, including from
Ben Brantley, theatre critic for
The New York Times, who described her direction as "fine-tuned." The revival received a
Tony Award nomination for
Best Play, and a win for
Best Actress in a Play (Elaine May). That same year she made her television directing debut for episode of the
Duplass brothers'
HBO series
Room 104. In April 2019, it was announced that Neugebauer would be teaming up with
A24 and
Scott Rudin to make her directorial film debut with
Red, White and Water, later retitled
Causeway. From 2021 to 2022 she directed multiple episodes of the
Mindy Kaling created comedy series
The Sex Lives of College Girls on
HBO Max. In 2023 she directed the
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play
Appropriate on
Broadway. The production starred
Sarah Paulson,
Corey Stoll,
Natalie Gold, and
Elle Fanning. The play, a family drama, revolves around a family trying to sell the house after the patriarch's death only to discover a dark secret. The following year she directed the
Itamar Moses political play
The Ally at
The Public Theater.
Josh Radnor stars as a Jewish college professor who is conflicted when asked to sign a political manifesto by a student. That same year she directed
Lincoln Center's revival of
Anton Chekov's
Uncle Vanya at the
Vivian Beaumont Theater. The cast includes
Steve Carell,
Alison Pill,
William Jackson Harper,
Jayne Houdyshell, and
Alfred Molina. == Filmography ==