Graduated from Washington High School in Kansas City, Kansas.
Twice won the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award.
Recipient of the Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award.
Served for six years as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at Kansas City Repertory Theatre.
Has two children, Amaya and Savion.
Awarded the Kennedy Center's Gold Medallion.
Graduated from Kansas City Kansas Community College and Kansas State University along with The Juilliard School where he received his MFA in Playwriting.