He was nominated for a 1991 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work for "Deep in a Dream of You" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
He was nominated for a 2007 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical for "Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky" for which he wrote the book, lyrics, co-composed the music and played Floyd.
He was awarded the 1988 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Writing and Performance for "The Redthroats," at the Mark Taper Too Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
He was awarded the 2019 Equity Joseph Jefferson (The Libby Adler Mages) Award for New Work (Musical) for "We're Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time" at the Goodman Theatre in association with the Public Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
He was nominated for a 2019 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Solo Performance for "We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time" at the Goodman Theatre in association with the Public Theater in Chicago, Illinois.