The first steps involved meeting with director Scott Ellis and the entire creative team, followed by some preliminary hand sketches (pictured below).

At our studio, we then created set models, which are early mockups of the sets and prop arrangements. These initial designs are often altered. The models then stay on-site at the scene shop, serving as a helpful reference throughout the production process.

Inspired by the subtle philosophical and moral questions at the heart of the show, we took a fragmented (though naturalistic) approach.

The action takes place at the St. Nicholas Church School, a grammar school located in the Bronx in 1964.

Throughout the show, windows serve as moments of transition and through them, the audience is able to see the connection between scenes.