A Selection of Awards or Special Honors


2007-nominated as Best Solo Performance by L.A. Weekly/Critic's Pick of
the Week

2007-awarded an Artist-in-Residence by the City of Los Angeles
Department of Cultural Affairs

2007-awarded a C.O.L.A fellowship by the City of Los Angeles
Department of Cultural Affairs

2005 Visual artwork selected for the Hijas de Coyolxauqui National
Queer Arts exhibit

2003 selected as a PEN USA Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellow

2002 voted one of the national queer activists of the year by
Tentaciones Magazine

2002 selected to participate in the Lincoln Center Theater's Director's
Lab

2002 selected as a writer for the Best American Erotica Series

2001 selected as Best Theater Director by the Dallas Observer

2001 The Hungry Woman selected as one of the top 10 productions of the
year by the
Dallas Morning News

2001 nominated for Leon Rabin Award (Best Actress Category)

2000-Back StageWest Honorable Mention for Co-adaptation of Blood
Wedding

2000 selected for a NHFA Fellowship

1999 nominated for a Jeffrey Award (Best Actress Category)

1996 monologue officially selected for the Women's Festival by New
Horizons Theatre Co.

1996 selected to participate in the Latin American Writer's Workshop

1995 monologue officially selected for the Women's Festival by New
Horizons Theatre Co.