Awards & Honors

Official Selection, 2014 NAACP Theatre Festival, Los Angeles, CA (Deep Rivers)

Official Selection, 2014 1st Annual Paul Robeson Theatre  Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2014 (Deep Rivers)

Semifinalist, 2013 Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwriting Award, Juilliard (Roses in the Water)
Finalist, Hidden River Arts Playwriting Award, 2012 (Roses in the Water)

Finalist, Ashland New Play Festival, Ashland, OR, 2012 (Roses in the Water)

​​​Semifinalist, Reverie Production's Next Generation Playwriting Contest, 2012 (Roses in the Water)​
Honorable Mention, CAST One-Act Playwriting Competition, 2012 (Forgiving Munira)

Presentation (Staged reading), Represent! Multicultural Playwrights Festival, The Lorraine Hansberry Project, ACT Theatre, 2011 (Roses in the Water)

Finalist (Staged reading), R. Joyce Whitley Festival of New Plays, Karamu House, 2010 (Roses in the Water)

Semifinalist, Hidden River Arts Playwriting Award, 2010 (Betty's Wish)

Winner, Jewel Box Theatre Playwriting Award for Best Original Play, 2010 (Roses in the Water)

Winner, 78th Writer’s Digest Annual Competition, Stage Play Category, 2010 (Roses in the Water)​
​​Finalist, New Works for a New Season, Urban Stages, 2009 (Roses in the Water)

Finalist, National Playwriting Award, Arts Club of Washington, DC, 2009 (Roses in the Water)
Winner, 3rd Place, Write Movies International Writing Competition, Los Angeles, CA, 2009 (Roses in the Water)
Official Festival Selection, National Black Theatre Festival, Winston-Salem, NC, 2009 (Roses in the Water)
Finalist (Staged reading), Longwood University Playwriting Competition, Longwood, VA, 2009  (Something More Than This)

​Finalist (Staged reading), Magnolia Arts Center’s Playwriting Competition, Greenville, SC, 2008 (Something More Than This)
Winner (Production), Emerging Playwright Award, 78th Street Theatre Lab, New York, NY, 2007 (Piney Ridge)

Winner (Production),  Eight Tens @ Eight Festival, Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre, 2007 (Piney Ridge)

Finalist (Production), ActOberFest, Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 2007 (Piney Ridge)

Finalist (Staged reading), In Preparation Play Festival, Seattle, WA, 2007 (Piney Ridge)

Finalist (Staged reading), Ashland New 10-Minute Play Festival, 2007 (The Source)

Finalist, Seattle Dramatists Avalanche Festival of New Plays, 2007 (Haram)
 



Grants & Residencies

Residency (Staged reading), Voices at the River II, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 2010 (Roses in the Water)

Residency (2 Staged readings), The Essential Theatre New Play Program, Washington, DC, 2010-2013 (Betty's Wish)
​smART Ventures Award, Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, 2008 (Piney Ridge)

GAP Award, Artist Trust, 2005 (Sadie's Kitchen)