Production Staff
David Lindsay-Abaire
Writer
Allen Lee Hughes
Lighting Design
Broadway: Clybourne Park, Having Our Say; Mule Bone; and Once on this Island, (Tony nomination); K2 (Tony nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award, Maharam Award); Strange Interlude (Tony nomination); Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Quilters. NY and Off-Broadway: NYSF/Public, Roundabout, Playwright’s Horizons, others. Regional: Kennedy Center, Steppenwolf, Arena Stage, Guthrie, McCarter, Seattle Rep, Long Wharf, Goodman, Center Stage, Intiman, others. Dance: Eliot Feld’s Ballet Tech, NYCB, ABT, others. Associate Professor: NYU Tisch
Kenny Leon
Director
Kenny Leon is a Tony Award-winning Broadway and television director. His Broadway credits include the Tupac musical Holler If You Hear Me, A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington (Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Best Revival of a Play), The Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, Stick Fly, August Wilson’s Fences (which garnered ten Tony nominations and won three Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play), Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf. He also directed Smart People for Second Stage. Leon's recent television work includes "Hairspray Live!", and "The Wiz Live!" ... read more
David Lindsay-Abaire
Writer
Playwright
David Lindsay-Abaire was most recently nominated for two Tony Awards for his work on Shrek The Musical: Best Book of a Musical and Best Score (with composer Jeanine Tesori). Prior to that he was awarded the 2008 Ed Kleban Award as America's most promising musical theatre lyricist and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Rabbit Hole, which premiered on Broadway at MTC. Rabbit Hole also received five Tony Award nominations, including Best Play, and the Spirit of America Award. His other shows include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World, High Fidelity and A Devil Inside, ... read more
Derek McLane
Scenic Design
Derek McLane received a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award Honour for his work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical. He has designed over 350 productions for Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally and for TV. His over 40 credits include Burn This, The Parisian Woman, Anything Goes, The Price, Fully Committed, Beautiful, Ragtime, I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations (Tony Award). He has designed the Academy Awards for six years (Emmy Award) and has designed four live musicals for NBC, including “Hairspray” (Emmy Award).
Dan Moses Schreier
Sound Design
Broadway: Falsettos; American Psycho; The Visit; A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder; Sondheim on Sondheim; A Little Night Music; Gypsy (with Patti LuPone); Radio Golf; John Doyle's production of Sweeney Todd; Gem of the Ocean; Pacific Overtures; Assassins; Into the Woods; Topdog/Underdog; Dirty Blonde; Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk. He has composed scores for the Broadway productions of The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, and Dan Hurlin's Disfarmer (St. Ann's Warehouse). Awards: four Tony Award nominations, four Drama Desk Awards.
Emilio Sosa
Costume Design
Awards and Nominations
2026 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Costume Design of a Play: Emilio Sosa was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Direction of a Play: Kenny Leon was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play: Maria-Christina Oliveras was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play: Richard Thomas was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Fight Choreography: Thomas Schall was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play: Anika Noni Rose was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Play: The Balusters won.
Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play: Derek McLane was nominated but did not win.
2026 Drama League Awards
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY: The Balusters was nominated but did not win.
2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding New Broadway Play: The Balusters won.
2026 Tony Awards
Best Costume Design of a Play: Emilio Sosa was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Play: Kenny Leon was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: The Balusters was nominated but did not win.
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