Awards

2019Southwest Book Award by The Border Regional Library Association
2019Luminary “Make” Award from the California Shakespeare Theatre
2019Sam Shepard Legacy Award from the Magic Theatre
2019Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater Award from the William Inge Center for the Arts
2018Silver Indies Award for Book of the Year (Memoir and Autobiography) from Foreword Reviews for Retablos: Stories from a Life Lived Along the Border
2018Imagen Award for Consultant on Disney-Pixar’s Coco
2015 Distinguished Achievement Award, Texas State University Black and Latino Playwrights Conference
2014Pen Center Award for Drama (for Se Llama Cristina).
2011United States Artists Fellowship
2010Bay Area Critics Circle Mid-Career Achievement Award
2008Henry Award, Outstanding New Play: Lydia
2008Denver Post Ovation Award, Best Production: Lydia
2008Thornton Wilder Fellow, MacDowell Colony
2006 – 2007New Works Fund Grant, Theatre Bay Area
2002 – 2003Creative Work Fund, Campo Santo, Intersection for the Arts
2002National Latino Playwriting Award: Arizona Theatre Center
2000 – 2001TCG/NEA Theatre Artists in Residence Grant, Shadowlight Productions
2000 – 2002National Theatre Artists Residency Program, Pew Charitable Trusts
1998 – 2000TCG/NEA Theatre Artists in Residence Grant, Dallas Theater Center
1998 – 1999McKnight Fellowship: The Playwrights’ Center
1995 – 1997Playwriting Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
1997 – 1998Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays (Dreamlandia)
1994The Roger L. Stevens Award: Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Plays (Santos & Santos)
1993The Will Glickman Award for Best New Play in the Bay Area (Santos & Santos)
1992 – 1993Lila Wallace/Reader’s Digest Fund: Writers for Young Audiences (La Posada Magica)
1992 – 1993Barrie and BC Stavis Playwriting Award, National Theatre Conference