Balardini has performed in Group .BR's original Off-off-Broadway production of Inside the Wild Heart, an immersive theatrical experience based on the life and works of acclaimed Brazilian author, Clarice Lispector.
Balardini's performance in Infinite While It Lasts, Group .BR's first original site specific production, was based on the life and works of Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes (2013 and 2014).
[7][8][9] With the Nettles, Balardini directed and co-produced Apple of My Eye (Menina dos Meus Olhos), the first ever professionally produced play written and performed by an artist with Down syndrome, Tathi Piancastelli, as well as a cast of 10 supporting actors.
[6] Balardini also directed Bother Line, an Off-off Broadway one-woman show conceived and performed by Gio Mielle and produced by the Nettles, which premiered at Punto Space and at The Tank in 2018.
Additionally, Balardini is one of three co-founders of Punto Space, an event and performance venue, in Midtown, Manhattan,[5] in 2014 and the theatre company[11] that was opened from 2014 to 2019.