- Won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "Between Riverside and Crazy".
- His play, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train performed at Donmar Warehouse, was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for BBC Award for Best New Play of 2002.
- His play, "Between Riverside and Crazy" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Equity) Award for Large Play Production.
- His play, Our Lady of 121st Street, of Eclipse Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2017 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Play Production.
- He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
- Of Egyptian and Irish descent.
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