National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Residency Grant, BURGER, Odyssey Theatre, Los Angles, Ca. 2004-05

The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Grant, NARCISSUS – Libretto, Berkeley Opera, 2004-05

Times Like These, Playwriting L.A. Weekly, 2003

Times Like These, Top Ten Plays of the Year, Los Angeles Times, 2002

Times Like These, Los Angles Drama Critics Circle, 2002

Glamour, Natilonal Critics Citation, 2002

Lincoln Center, Director’s Workshop, 1998

Pew Foundation, Residency grant 1998-2000.
Magic Theater, S.F., Undermain Theatre, Dallas,

Dallas Critics’ Circle Awards, The Deatherians, Best Play, + four major awards, Undermain Theatre, Dallas 1997

Equinox/Sundance Screenwriter's Workshop, Paris, France, 1995, Residency.

California Arts Council Fellowship, Shimmer Screenplay, 1992

"The Bessie", Shimmer, 1989, New York Dance and Performance Award 1990

Bay Area Drama Critics' Circle Award for Solo Performance, Shimmer, 1989

Glickman Award, Shimmer, 1988

San Francisco Bay Area Playwright's Festival, 1988

Rockefeller Playwright Grant 1984, Univ of Iowa, Residency

Hollywood DramaLogue Award for Don't You Ever Call Me Anything But Mother, Aztec, and The Sunshine's a Glorious Bird, Best Writer, Best Director, Best Actor, 1985

Rockefeller Grant for Playwriting, 1984

Buck Fund, 1983

Los Angeles Weekly Award, Ghosts, Best Writer, Best Director, 1983

Bay Area Drama Critic's Circle, All Night Long, Award for Best Play 1980

Bay Area Drama Critics' Circle; Saints of Father Lyons, Award for New Innovations 1980

Shubert Grant for Playwrighting, 1970