Awards
Awards and Honors
2021 Stieren Guest Artist, Trinity University, San Antonio
2018 NY Drama Desk nomination, “unique theatrical experience”, Master
2017 Listed, “Best Theater of 2017”, NY Times, Master
2017 Critics’ Pick, NY Times, Master
2005 Jack Kerouac writer-in-residence, The University of Massachusetts, Lowell
2003 Helen Weinberger Fellowship, The University of Cincinnati
2000 Cal Arts/Alpert Award in Theatre
1999 OBIE Award for Playwriting, The Race of the Ark Tattoo
1998 Whiting Writers’ Award
1997-1998 Hodder Fellowship, Princeton University
1995 OBIE Award for Playwriting, The Convention of Cartography
Fellowships and Grants
2019 McKnight Playwriting Fellowship at the Playwrights’ Center
2018 Trust for Mutual Understanding Cultural Grant, Cathexis
2017 TCG Global Connections “In the Lab” Grant, Cathexis
2005 MAP Fund Grant, The Rockefeller Foundation
2005 Will J. Reid Foundation Grant 2001 Bush Artist Fellowship
2001 Flintridge Foundation Grant
2001 TCG/NEA Residency Grant
2000 Jerome Travel & Study Grant
2000 Creative Capital Grant
1999 McKnight Advancement Grant
1996-1997 McKnight Playwriting Fellowship
1995 Will J. Reid Foundation Grant
1995 Art Matters Grant
1994 Semans Foundation Grant
1991 Diverse Visions Grant
Other Honors
2011 20 Best New York Shows of 2011, Our Lot (with Kristin Newbom), off-off blogway.
2002 Top 10 Productions of 2002, The Race of the Ark Tattoo, City Pages, Minneapolis.
2001 Most Intriguing Production of 2001, The Race of the Ark Tattoo, Seattle P-I.
1999 OKIE Award, Deviant Craft, Best College Production of 1999, Orange County Weekly
1999 Best Drama, The Race of the Ark Tattoo, Austin Critics’ Circle
1999 Kalbie Award, The Race of the Ark Tattoo, New York Press’ Best of Manhattan
1998 Village Voice Choice, The Race of the Ark Tattoo
1997 Listed, Best of Austin, Deviant Craft, The Austin Chronicle
1995 Listed, Best Theatre of 1995, Deviant Craft, New York Press
1995 Village Voice Choice, Deviant Craft
1995 Drama Desk nomination, unique theatrical experience, The Convention of Cartography
1994 Village Voice Choice, The Convention of Cartography
Retreats
2003 The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2000 Hawthornden Castle International Writers Retreat, Scotland
1999 Château de Lavigny Writer’s Colony, Switzerland
Residencies
Play Development Residencies, Professional
2021
Trinity University, San Antonio, Anthropocene (with Kristin Newbom)
2020
The Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, The Last Pixie
2018
Théâtre des Carmes, Avignon, France, Cathexis
Heartefact – NGO, Belgrade, Serbia, Cathexis
Atelier Theatre Jean Vilar, Belgium, Cathexis
Atheneum, Dijon, France, Cathexis
Le Cube - Centre de Création Numérique, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Cathexis
2017
The University of Utrecht, Center for Game Research, Holland, Cathexis
2016-2017
Foundry Theatre, New York, Master
2006
Summer Theatre Lab, UC Santa Barbara, new works
The Foundry Theatre, New York, The Sisters of Eve
2004
The Foundry Theatre, New York, new works
2003
The Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, Booth
The Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, Coming Before God
The Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, The Incubus Archives
2002
Rude Mechanicals, Austin, The Incubus Archives
2001-3
New City Theatre, Seattle, new works
2001
Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, Immaterial Depositions
1999
Sundance Theatre Institute, Ordering Seconds
Frontera@HydePark Theatre, Austin, Texas, Ordering Seconds
1998
Frontera@HydePark Theatre, Austin, Texas, The Race of the Ark Tattoo
1997
Frontera@HydePark Theatre, Austin, Texas, Deviant Craft
Midwest PlayLabs, Minneapolis, The Race of the Ark Tattoo
1996
The Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, The Blind Voyeur
Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Austin, Texas, The Invisible Medium
1995
The Foundry Theatre, New York, Deviant Craft
Play Development Residencies, Academic
2006
University of Iowa, The Puzzle Locker
2005
University of Rochester, International Theatre Program, The Puzzle Locker
2003
The University of Cincinnati, Booth
1999
Cal State Fullerton, Deviant Craft
1992
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, The Convention of Cartography