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Nominated for Five 2026 Tony Awards, including Best Play
“Lindsay-Abaire has performed a valuable service, dispelling some of the ignorance that makes it so hard for too many of us to imagine how the other half lives.” —Sylviane Gold (New York Times) on Good People
The Vernon Point Association could be described as a very outspoken bunch. They’re known for diligently upkeeping their sanctuary—from porch railings to trash cans, no infraction goes undocumented. Still, no one is prepared for the neighbor-versus-neighbor battle royale that ensues when a newcomer makes an inconceivable suggestion: a stop sign, perched on the enclave’s most picturesque block.
A raucous play journeying through big feelings, The Balusters is a modern-day satire about what happens when communities change faster than the people who reside in them.
Praise for David Lindsay-Abaire's Previous Works:
Kimberly Akimbo“A howlingly funny heartbreaker of a show, hopscotching among emotions with virtuosic fluidity.”
—Elizabeth Vincentelli, New Yorker
“Like life, it’s inherently sad and a little absurd, and like its subject, Kimberly Akimbo is exceedingly rare and almost impossible not to love.”
—Naveen Kumar, Variety
“As tough as it is tender…A thoughtful examination of hard-luck resentment, survivor guilt and the complex question of opportunity.”
—David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
“Lindsay-Abaire’s complex characters illustrate the difficult choices people will make to achieve their ambitions or retain their own sense of pride, along with the importance of luck in escaping poverty. By the end of the play, the near impossibility of always being ‘good people’ is searingly
apparent.”
—Jennifer Farrar, Associated Press
“In this exquisitely crafted drama about loss and bereavement, Lindsay-Abaire finds the delicate balance between heartache and humor.”
—Fran Heller, Backstage
“Lindsay-Abaire’s perfectly truthful point is that, however much you try to let go of grief, ‘you carry it around.’ ”
—Michael Billington, Guardian
David Lindsay-Abaire is a Pulitzer Prize– and Tony Award–winning playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, and librettist. His works for theater include Rabbit Hole, Good People, Shrek The Musical (Jeanine Tesori, composer), Ripcord, Fuddy Meers, Wonder of the World, and A Devil Inside, among others.