- Nominated for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play, "Omnium Gatherum", collaborating with Alexandra Gersten (aka Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros).
- In 2014 joined the faculty of the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Playwriting.[.
- Has a BA from the University of Notre Dame.
- Earned three advanced degrees from Brandeis University: an MA in English 1983, a M.F.A. in Playwriting in 1986, and a Ph.D. in Victorian era melodrama, awarded in 1989.
- Graduated from Ursuline Academy Cincinnati, Ohio in 1976.
- Has a son named Cooper and a daughter named Cleo.
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