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LITERARY AWARDS
2022 | THE DRAMATIST GUILD HULL - WARRINER AWARD FINALIST (WHERE WE STAND)
2021 | WHITING AWARD FOR DRAMA
2020 | NY COMMUNITY TRUST HELEN MERRILL PLAYWRIGHT AWARD
2020 | KILROYS LIST (WHERE WE STAND)
2019 | NATIONAL THEATER CONFERENCE BARRIE AND BERNICE STAVIS PLAYWRIGHT AWARD
2018 | PREMIERE STAGES PREMIERE PLAY FESTIVAL SEMIFINALIST (LAID TO REST)
2018 | STEPPENWOLF THEATER COMPANY’S THE MIX (LAID TO REST)
2017 | KILROYS LIST (LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE)
2017 | KILROYS LIST (LAID TO REST - HONORABLE MENTION)
2017 | DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS COLORADO NEW PLAY FESTIVAL (LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE)
2015 | NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK NATIONAL NEW PLAY SHOWCASE (LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE)
2015 | TODD MCNERNY NATIONAL PLAYWRITING AWARD (LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE)
2014 | EUGENE O’NEILL THEATER CENTER NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE FINALIST (LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE)
2013 | EUGENE O’NEILL THEATER CENTER NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE FINALIST (THE REVIEW)
2012 | NEW YORK INNOVATIVE THEATRE AWARDS DORIC WILSON INDEPENDENT PLAYWRIGHT AWARD
RESIDENCIES/FESTIVALS
2022 | HERMITAGE ARTIST RESIDENCY
2022 | SOUTHERN WRITERS FESTIVAL - ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
2022 | NEW YORK STATE WRITER'S INSTITUTE AUTHORS THEATER - - UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
2022 | OMI OSUN JONI L. JONES VISITING PERFORMANCE ARTIST - UT AUSTIN
2020 | HEDGEBROOK RESIDENCY *COVID CLASS
2019 | NEW HARMONY PROJECT SPRING CONFERENCE
2019 | MCCARTER THEATER SALLIE B. GOODMAN ARTISTS RETREAT
2018 | SPACE ON RYDER FARM – WORKING FARM PLAYWRIGHT RESIDENCY
2018 | AIR SERENBE NEW TERRITORIES PLAYWRITING RESIDENCY
2017 | SPACE ON RYDER FARM CREATIVE RESIDENCY
2017 | GROUND FLOOR AT BERKELEY REP
2016-18 | TIME WARNER FOUNDATION WP THEATER PLAYWRIGHTS LAB
2014 | THE ACTORS STUDIO PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTORS UNIT MEMBER
2014 | CIVILIANS R&D GROUP
2012 | TERRANOVA COLLECTIVE GROUNDBREAKERS PLAYWRIGHT GROUP
PRODUCTION AWARDS/NOMS
2020 | AUDELCO AWARD NOMINEE - BEST SOLO SHOW (WHERE WE STAND
2020 | AUDELCO AWARD NOMINEE - BEST PLAYWRIGHT (WHERE WE STAND)
2020 | LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING SOLO SHOW (WHERE WE STAND)
2020 | ATONYO AWARD NOMINEE - BEST SOLO SHOW (WHERE WE STAND)
ACTING
2020 | DRAMA LEAGUE DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE NOMINEE
2012 | HELEN HAYES AWARD - NOMINEE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, RESIDENT PLAY (RUINED)
2008 | CONNECTICUT CRITIC'S CIRCLE AWARD - BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE (NO CHILD)
2008 | CONNECTICUT CRITIC'S CIRCLE AWARD - BEST ENSEMBLE (NO CHILD)
Distinguished honors
2023 | URBAN LEAGUE OF THE UPSTATE STUDIO 9.22 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN TV/FIM
2020 | THE LILLYS 'GO WORK IN THEATER' AWARD
2020 | COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD