Writing credits include "Life and Limb", "Frame 312", "Rum and Coke", "Highest Standard of Living", "Life During Wartime", "Big Time", "Nebraska", "Brutality of Fact", "Black" Snow", "The Innocents Crusade", "Almost Blue", "Synergy", "All the Rage", and "Can't Let Go". Attended Northwestern University, B.S. 1978 and Yale University School of Drama, M.A. 1981. Recipient: McArthur award, 1984; San Diego Critics Circle award, 1989, 1990.