Originally Posted by
Toadflax
Yeah, there are a number of surprising ways this could happen, but keep in mind Trent and Atticus aren't writers, so it's unlikely they would win in any category other than music (an exception could be something like Year Zero, where someone else writes it, but they get original story credit).
But yes, there is a Tony for Best Original Score, so it's not impossible that they could provide the score to a play without even having to be otherwise involved in its production. It could be as simple as someone they respect contacting them, TR/AR sending some music back, and voila, they win a Tony without doing anything beyond providing some tunes.
But then it becomes a question of them not running in theater circles, so there probably aren't a dozen theater people they're dying to work with like with film and television. But that doesn't mean it couldn't happen. They could get contacted by someone they've never heard of and decide to take it on, or someone they've worked with or respect in film could be working on a theatrical project and reach out to them.
And of course, all of this depends on, you know, theater existing again.