His play, Disgraced, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2013.
He was nominated at the 2005 Independent Spirit Awards for Best
Screenplay for The War Within.
He was awarded the 2012 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work for "Disgraced" at the American Theater Company in association with The Araca Group in Chicago, Illinois.
His play, "The Invisible Hand," at the Steep Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2018 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Play Production.