Production Staff
David has choreographed some stuff (New York premieres of Ages of the Moon, Blasted, Spring Awakening, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Bug, Killer Joe), has played at some wonderful venues (NY Public Theater, Metropolitan Opera, MTC, TFANA), taught a few places (NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, RADA guest instructor, Strasberg Institute, Yale) and has worked with some great folks (Stella Adler, Joe Chaikin, Ken Russell, JoAnne Akalaitis, Franco Zeffirelli). Fight Master, SAFD. "Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone."—G. Fox ... read more
Broadway: For Colored Girls…, Pass Over. Off-Broadway: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Obie Award: Playwrights Horizons), Plot Points, Pass Over (LCT3), Broadway Bounty Hunter (Greenwich House). Regional: Afterwords (5th Avenue), Life After (Goodman Theatre), Nina Simone: Four Women (Berkshire Theatre Group), Slow Food (Geva Theatre), Cry It Out and The Royale (Kitchen Theatre Company), Not Medea and Grace, or The Art of Climbing (Art House Productions). Education: BA, Adelphi University. ... read more
Isabella is a New York based Lighting Designer. ... read more
LCT: Pass Over (LCT3), Pipeline, Other Desert Cities. Off-Broadway: Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (Ars Nova); The House That Will Not Stand, Fetch Clay Make Man (New York Theatre Workshop); He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box, The Winter’s Tale (TFANA). Additional theater: Father Comes Home From the Wars, How to Catch Creation, Until The Flood (Goodman); Familiar (Steppenwolf); Ink (Kennedy Center); The Comedy of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); As You Like It (Stratford Shakespeare Festival); The American Clock (The Old Vic). Awards include Grammy, ASCAP and Obie awards. ... read more
Roundabout and Broadway debut. Off- Broadway: The Antipodes, Everybody, The Wolves, A Life (Lortel Award, Drama Desk nomination), Marjorie Prime, The Nether (Lortel nomination), The Village Bike, Buzzer, Small Mouth Sounds. Multiple projects with The Debate Society & The Mad Ones. Regional: Yale Rep, Bard SummerScape, Cincinnati Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, South Coast Rep. Opera: Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Atlanta Opera, Juilliard. Obie for Sustained Excellence in Design. ... read more
Awards and Nominations
2020 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play: Isabella Byrd was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Play: Heroes of the Fourth Turning was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Sound Design for a Play: Justin Ellington was nominated but did not win.
2020 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
Best Play: Will Arbery won.
2020 Obie Awards
Playwriting Award: Will Arbery won.
Special Citation: Jeb Kreager won.
2020 Outer Critics Circle Awards
John Gassner Award: Will Arbery won.
Outstanding Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd won.
2020 The Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Will Arbery was nominated but did not win.
