Awards and Honors

• 2005:
  • Recipient, Commission, William Inge Theatre Festival
• 2002:
  • Playwright-in-residence, William Inge Theatre Festival
• 2001:
  • Recipient, Kansas Arts Commission Fellowship in Playwriting
  • Recipient, Commission, Brown Foundation & Washburn University
  • Nomination, "Best Author of a New Play," Artistic Director Achievement Awards
  • Winner, Dorothy Silver Award
• 2000:
  • Winner, Stage 3 Festival of New Plays
• 1999:
  • Recipient, Kansas Arts Commission Mini-Fellowship
• 1997:
  • Winner, Festival of Emerging American Theatre
  • Finalist, Charlotte Repertory Theatre's New Plays Festival
• 1996:
  • Residency, The University of Georgia
  • Finalist, Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival
• 1995:
  • Selected for Sundance Playwrights Lab
  • Selected for and attended The Eugene O'Neill Center's National Playwrights Conference
• 1994:
  • Master Artist Fellowship, Indiana Arts Commission
• 1991:
  • Recipient, Kentucky Foundation for Women grant for playwriting
  • Residency, Mary Anderson Center for the Arts
• 1990:
  • Master Artist Fellowship, Indiana Arts Commission
  • Residency, Mary Anderson Center for the Arts
• 1989:
  • Residency, Shenandoah Playwrights Retreat
  • Named "State Treasure" by ARTS INDIANA MAGAZINE
• 1988:
  • "Best of '87 Award" CITY MAGAZINE, Indianapolis
• 1987:
  • Semi-finalist, Great Chicago Play Expo
• 1986:
  • Master Artist Fellowship, Indiana Arts Commission
  • Winner, Festival of Emerging American Theatre
• 1983:
  • Indiana Arts Commission grant for playwriting
  • Winner, Jane Chambers International Award
• 1982:
  • Winner, Broad Ripple Playhouse Playwriting Competition