Academy Award
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley — 1986 — Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee

American Theatre Critics Association Award
Getting Out by Marsha Norman — 1978
Talking With by Jane Martin — 1982
2 by Romulus Linney — 1991
Keely and Du by Jane Martin — 1994
Jack and Jill by Jane Martin — 1997
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies — 1998
Anton in Show Business by Jane Martin — 2000

Barbara Deming Prize
A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro — 1994

Best Play of the Year, Theatre Heute, Germany
Talking With by Jane Martin — 1983

The Burns Mantle Theater Yearbook—Best Plays
The Gin Game by D. L. Coburn — 1977-78
Getting Out by Marsha Norman — 1978-79
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley — 1980-81
Agnes of God by John Pielmeier — 1981-82
Extremities by William Mastrosimone — 1982-83
Execution of Justice by Emily Mann — 1985-86
Big Love by Charles L. Mee — 2001-02

Darrell Roth Creative Spirit Award
Icarus by Edwin Sanchez — 2000

Drama Desk Award
The Gin Game by D. L. Coburn — 1977-78 — Nominee
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley — 1980-81 — Nominee
Extremities by William Mastrosimone — 1982-83 — Nominee
Execution of Justice by Emily Mann — 1985-86 — Nominee
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies — 2000 — Nominee

Drama-Logue Award
Marisol by José Rivera — 1993

The Dramatists Guild/Hull-Warriner Award
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies — 2000

Emmy Award
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies — 2002 Nominee, Best Made for Television Movie

Excellence in Theatre Award, The Detroit Free Press
A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro — 1994

Fellowship of Southern Writers Drama Award
One Flea Spare by Naomi Wallace — 1996

George Oppenheimer/Newsday Award
Getting Out by Marsha Norman — 1979
Tales of the Lost Formicans by Constance Congdon — 1989
The Swan by Elizabeth Egloff — 1994

Great American Play Contest
Getting Out by Marsha Norman — 1978 — Co-Winner
The Bridgehead by Frederick Bailey — 1978— Co-Winner
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley — 1979 — Co-Winner
Find Me by Olwen Wymark — 1979 — Co-Winner
Sunset/Sunrise by Adele Edling Shank — 1980—Co-Winner
Agnes of God by John Pielmeier — 1980 — Co-Winner
A Full Length Portrait of America by Paul D’Andrea — 1981 — Co-Winner
Swop by Ken Jenkins — 1981 — Co-Winner
A Different Moon by Ara Watson — 1982 — Co-Winner
Full Hookup by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller — 1982 — Co-Winner
Neutral Countries by Barbara Field — 1983 — Co-Winner
Food From Trash by Gary Leon Hill — 1983 —Co-Winner
Execution of Justice by Emily Mann — 1984 —Co-Winner
Independence by Lee Blessing —1984—Co-Winner
007 Crossfire by Ken Jenkins — 1984 — Co-Winner
Days and Nights Within by Ellen McLaughlin — 1985 — Co-Winner
Two Masters by Frank Manley — 1985 — Co-Winner
Astronauts by Claudia Reilly — 1986 — Co-Winner
No Mercy by Constance Congdon — 1986 — Co-Winner

HBO New Plays USA Award
T Bone N Weasel by Jon Klein — 1998

Heideman Award, National One-Act Play Contest
The Coal Diamond by Shirley Lauro — 1980
Chocolate Cake by Mary Gallagher — 1981
The Groves of Academe by Mark Stein — 1982
The Value of Names by Jeffrey Sweet — 1983
Husbandry by Patrick Tovatt — 1984
Advice to the Players by Bruce Bonafede — 1985
21A by Kevin Kling — 1986
Fun by Howard Korder — 1987
Haiku by K. L. Snodgrass — 1988
Incident at San Bajo by Brad Korbesmeyer — 1989
Tone Clusters by Joyce Carol Oates — 1990 – Co-Winner
Down the Pike by Bill Corbett — 1990 — Co-Winner

Heideman Award, National Ten-Minute Play Contest
Out the Window by Neal Bell — 1990 — Co-Winner
What She Found There by John Glore — 1990 —Co-Winner
Lynette at 3 A.M. by Jane Anderson — 1991 — Co-Winner
Eukiah by Lanford Wilson — 1991 — Co-Winner
A Private Moment by Stephen Gregg — 1992 —Co-Winner
Poof! by Lynn Nottage — 1992 — Co-Winner
The Last Time We Saw Her by Jane Anderson — 1993 — Co-Winner
Stones and Bones by Marion Isaac McClinton — 1993 — Co-Winner
Helen At Risk by Dana Yeaton — 1994 — Winner
Waterbabies by Adam LeFevre — 1995 — Co-Winner
Compatible by Anna Li — 1995 — Co-Winner
Stars by Romulus Linney — 1996 — Co-Winner
The Unintended Video by Dale Griffiths Stamos — 1996 — Co-Winner
Acorn by David Graziano — 1997 — Winner
Slop-Culture by Robb Badlam — 1998 — Co-Winner
The Blue Room by Courtney Baron — 1998 — Co-Winner
Dancing With a Devil by Brooke Berman — 1998 — Co-Winner
Forty Minute Finish by Jerome Hairston — 1998 — Co-Winner
Mpls., St. Paul by Julia Jordan — 1998 — Co-Winner
Drive Angry by Matt Pelfrey — 1998 — Co-Winner
Just Be Frank by Caroline Hope Williams — 1998 — Co-Winner
Labor Day by Sheri Wilner — 1998 — Co-Winner
Night Visits by Simon Fill — 1999 — Winner
Creep by James Christy — 2000 — Co-Winner
The Office by Kate Hoffower — 2000 — Co-Winner
Bake Off by Sheri Wilner — 2001 — Co-Winner
Classyass by Caleen Sinnette Jennings — 2001— Co-Winner
Trash Anthem by Dan Dietz —2002 —Co-Winner
Fit for Feet —2002 — Co-Winner
Swan Lake Calhoun by Yehuda Hyman —2003 — Co-Winner
Kuwait by Vincent Delaney —2003 — Co-Winner
Johannes, Pyotr & Marge by Jeffrey Essmann — 2004 — Co-Winner
Picnic (pic nic): VI by Brendan Healy — 2004— Co-Winner

James N. Vaughan Memorial Award
Actors Theatre of Louisville — 1978

Jefferson Award
A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro — 1994

John Gassner New Playwrights Medallion
Getting Out by Marsha Norman — 1979
Extremities by William Mastrosimone — 1983

Kesselring Prize
The Swan by Elizabeth Egloff — 1990 — Winner
One Flea Spare by Naomi Wallace — 1996 — Winner
Icarus by Edwin Sanchez — 1997 — Honorable Mention
The Faculty Room by Bridget Carpenter — 2003 &$151; Winner
A Nervous Smile by John Belluso — 2004 — Honorable Mention

Kittredge Foundation Award
A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro — 1994

L. Arnold Weissberger Playwriting Competition
Tales of the Lost Formicans by Constance Congdon — 1988

Lucille Lortel Award
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies — 2000

Margo Jones Award
Actors Theatre of Louisville — 1979

New York Drama Critics Award
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley — 1982 — Best American Play

Obie Award
Marisol by José Rivera — 1992
Slavs! (Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness) by Tony Kushner — 1994
My Left Breast by Susan Miller — 1994
One Flea Spare by Naomi Wallace — 1995
Big Love by Charles L. Mee — 1995

Off-Off Broadway Award (OOBA)
Nothing Immediate by Shirley Lauro — 1981

Outer Critics Circle Award
Getting Out by Marsha Norman — 1979
Extremities by William Mastrosimone — 1983
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies — 2000

PEN Center USA West Award
Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka — 1998

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The Gin Game by D. L. Coburn — 1978 — Winner
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley — 1981 — Winner
Oldtimers Game by Lee Blessing — 1982 — Nominee
Keely and Du by Jane Martin — 1993 — Nominee
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies — 2000 — Winner
Omnium-Gatherum by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros and Theresa Rebeck — 2003 — Nominee

Rockefeller Playwriting Award
Tales of the Lost Formicans by Constance Congdon — 1990

Society of Midland Authors Award
T Bone N Weasel by Jon Klein — 1998

The Susan Marton Award
Marisol by José Rivera — 1993

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Getting Out by Marsha Norman — 1978 — Finalist
Find Me by Olwen Wymark — 1979 — Finalist
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley — 1981 — Finalist
My Sister in this House by Wendy Kesselman — 1981 —Winner
Neutral Countries by Barbara Field — 1983 — Finalist
Sandcastles by Adele Edling Shank — 1983 — Finalist
Execution of Justice by Emily Mann — 1985 — Finalist
No Mercy by Constance Congdon — 1986 — Finalist
How to Say Goodbye by Mary Gallagher — 1987—Winner
A Narrow Bed by Ellen McLaughlin — 1987 — Winner (ATL Shorts Festival)
Whereabouts Unknown by Barbara Damashek — 1988 — Finalist
A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro — 1990 — Finalist
My Left Breast by Susan Miller — 1995 — Winner
One Flea Spare by Naomi Wallace — 1996 — Winner
Orange Lemon Egg Canary by Rinne Groff — 2003 — Finalist
Omnium-Gatherum by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros and Theresa Rebeck — 2003 — Finalist

Tony Award
The Gin Game by D. L. Coburn — 1978 — Best Play Nominee
Actors Theatre of Louisville — 1980 — Regional Theatre Award
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley — 1982 — Best Play Nominee