AWARDS
As Director
- Best Director of a Play, StageSceneLA Award, Fatherland, 2024
- 2018 Zelda Fichandler Award - SSDC Foundation, to recognize an outstanding director who is making a unique and exceptional contribution to the theatre in their region. (nomination).
- 2012 Zelda Fichandler Award - SSDC Foundation, to recognize an outstanding director who is making a unique and exceptional contribution to the theatre in their region. (nomination)
- Best Director, 2018 (Arrival & Departure) StageSceneLA
- Best Director, 2011 (Bakersfield Mist) StageSceneLA
- Best Director, 2010 (Train Driver) - LA Weekly Award nomination
- 2009 Zelda Fichandler Award - SSDC Foundation, to recognize an outstanding director who is making a unique and exceptional contribution to the theatre in their region. (nomination)
- Best Director, 2009 (Coming Home) - LA Weekly Award
- Best Director, 2008 (Victory) - NAACP Theatre Award
- Best Director, 2005 (Exits and Entrances) – Carbonell Award nomination, Florida
- Best Director, 2004 (Exits and Entrances) - Ovation Award, Los Angeles
- Best Director, 2004 (Exits and Entrances) - Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
- Best Director, 2004 (Exits and Entrances) - L.A. Weekly Award nomination
- Best Director, 2004 (Exits and Entrances) - Maddy Award, Los Angeles
- Best Director, 2003 (Sweet Nothing in my Ear) - Minneapolis
- Best Director, 2002 (After the Fall) - Maddy Award
- Best Director, 2002 (After the Fall) - Ovation Award
- Best Director, 2000 (The Road to Mecca) - Maddy Award
- Best Director, 2000 (The Road to Mecca) - Robby Award nominee
- Best Director, 1996 (Lonely Planet) - Robby Award nominee
- Best Director, 1994 (‘Night Mother) Drama-Logue Award
- Best Director, 1994 (Ashes) Drama-Logue Award
- Best Director, 1993 (The Seagull) Drama-Logue Award
- Best Director, 1992 (Cuckoo’s Nest) Drama-Logue Award
- Best Director, 1991 (Fanon’s People) Drama-Logue Award
- Best Director, 1990 (Golden Gate) Drama-Logue Award
As Playwright
- Best New Play, 2024, StageSceneLA (Fatherland)
- Best Play 2018 Broadway World Award (Arrival & Departure)
- Best Adaptation, 2018 Stage Scene LA (Arrival & Departure)
- Best Adaptation, 2015 Stage Raw Award (Citizen: An American Lyric)
- Best New Play, 2013 LA Drama Critics Circle Award (Cyrano)
- Best New Play, 2012, Ovation Award nomination (Cyrano)
- Best New Play, 2012, Elliot Norton Award (Bakersfield Mist)
- Best New Play, 2011 (Bakersfield Mist) StageSceneLA
- Best Adaptation, 2007, (Miss Julie:Freedom Summer) Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination
- Best Adaptation, 2007, (Miss Julie:Freedom Summer) L.A. Weekly Theatre Award nomination
- Media Access Award for Theatre Excellence (Open Window)
- PEN West Literary Award for Drama Finalist, 2001 (Central Avenue)
- PEN West Literary Award for Drama Finalist, 1998 (Sweet Nothing in my Ear)
- Best Play, 2001 (Central Avenue) Back Stage Garland Award
- Best Play, 2001 (Central Avenue) Beverly Press Maddy Award
- Best Play, 1999 (Mother's Day) Garland Award Honorable Mention
- Best Playwright, 1990 (Golden Gate) Drama-Logue Award
Special Awards
- Los Angeles City Council Resolution, 2024 - "For 34 years of extraordinary achievement in creating and producing meaningful new plays of social and political importance that have enriched the lives of the citizens of Los Angeles."
- Lifetime Achievement Award, 2024, Stage Raw
- California Governor’s Media Access Award for Theatre, 1997 (Sweet Nothing in My Ear)
- Citation of Appreciation, 1996, Los Angeles City Council for "enhancing the cultural life of the City of Los Angeles"
Screenwriter
- Finalist, 2019 Screencraft Screenplay Competition (Bakersfield Mist)