Good Bones - Off-Broadway Creative Team
Production Staff
James Ijames
Playwright
Saheem Ali
Director
Ali assisted on productions in Minneapolis at Theatre de la Jeune Lune and Wintertime at the Guthrie Theater in 2003. Ali was assistant director on several productions in Boston, including Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) Shakespeare's Henry Vin 2002 and Macbeth in 2003. He assisted on the operas Powder Her Face in 2003 and Angels in America in 2006 for Opera Boston. He also assisted on The Miser for American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) in 2004.
In 2009, he was assistant director for Giant and in 2010 for Angels in America, both at Signature Theatre Company. In 2010 he assisted on A Free ... read more
Krystal Balleza
Hair and Wig Design
Oana Botez
Costume Design
Maruti Evans
Scenic Design
Claire M. Kavanah
Prop Management
Jack Phillips Moore
Dramaturg
Giselle Andrea Raphaela
Stage Manager
Barbara Samuels
Lighting Design
arbara Samuels (she/her) is an Obie and Henry Hewes Design Award winning queer lighting designer, producer, and organizer. Barbara uses a diversity of approaches to create design-forward live events – aiming to unearth the human condition while destabilizing harmful power structures in and out of the theater.
New York credits include designs at Soho Rep, MCC, Lincoln Center, Ars Nova, NYTW, Target Margin, TFANA, Playwrights Horizons, 2ST, WP Theater, The Bushwick Starr, BethMorrison Projects, New Georges, and Clubbed Thumb. Regional: Pig Iron, BardSummerscape, The Alley, Long Wharf, ACT., Woolly Mammoth, Playmakers, Kansas City Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Shakespeare ... read more
Norman Anthony Small
Production Stage Manager
The Public Theater
Producer
Fan Zhang
Sound Design
Awards and Nominations
2025 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Sound Design of a Play: Fan Zhang was nominated but did not win.
2025 Drama League Awards
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY: Saheem Ali was nominated but did not win.