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AWARDS.
Theatre – Playwrighting
2013 Enbridge Award for Established Canadian Playwright for I Am For You, a new play in development.
2012 Finalist for the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award – Writers Guild of Alberta for Nisei Blue.
2011 Finalist for the Carol Bolt Award – Playwrights Guild of Canada for Nisei Blue.
2011 Betty Award for Outstanding New Play for Nisei Blue.
2008 Nomination for the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama – Writers Guild of Alberta for The Blue Light.
2008 Finalist for the City of Edmonton Book Prize for Mieko Ouchi: Two Plays.
2007 Sterling Award for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences for Jeremy Fisher (Translator).
2006 Betty Award for Outstanding New Play for The Blue Light.
2006 Betty Award Nominations for Production, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor & Actress for The Blue Light.
2006 Sterling Award Nominations for Best New Play, Production, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Lights & Score for The Blue Light.
2005 Canadian Authors Association Carol Bolt Award for Drama for The Red Priest.
2005 Finalist for the National Arts Centre/Canadian High Commission (UK) 4 Play Canada Reading Series at the Old Vic, London, UK.
2004 Nomination for the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama – Writers Guild of Alberta for The Red Priest.
2004 Governor General’s Literary Award Nomination for Best Drama for The Red Priest (Eight Ways To Say Goodbye).
2003 Betty Award nominations for Outstanding New Play, Actress in a Leading Role for The Red Priest.
2003 Sterling Award nominations for Outstanding Production, New Play, Actor and Costume Design for The Red Priest.
Theatre Directing
2012 Sterling Award Nomination for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences and Nom for Outstanding TYA Director for Smokescreen.
2011 Dora Award for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences for Routes (Director).
2011 Sterling Award for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences and Nom for Outstanding TYA Director for Under Cover.
2010 Sterling Award for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences for Routes (Director).
2010 Sterling Award Nominations for Outstanding Leading Actor, Director, New Play and TYA-Design for Routes.
2009 Sterling Award Nomination for Outstanding Production For Young Audiences for Apples and Oranges (Director).
2008 Sterling Award Nomination for Outstanding Fringe Director for Strawberries in January.
2006 Winner of Outstanding Production for Young Audiences, Score & Musical Director, nominated for Outstanding Musical for Nami Namersson, The Viking Who Liked To Name Things (Director).
2006 Sterling Award Nominations for Best Independent Production, Best New Play for 50 Plays About… Love (Director).
2004 Sterling Award Nominations for Outstanding Fringe Production, Fringe Director & Winner Fringe Actress (Blair Wensley) for The Mystery School (Director).
2002 Sterling Award for Outstanding Fringe Director for Slowly, An Exchange is Taking Place.
2000 Sterling Award for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences for Naomi’s Road (Director).
Film and TV
2005 Nominations for 2005 AMPIA Awards for Best Documentary, Best Director and Best Cinematography for Minor Keys.
2004 Golden Sheaf Award for Best Biography Documentary for Minor Keys at the Yorkton Short Film Festival.
2004 Nomination for Golden Sheaf Award for Best Director Non-Dramatic for Minor Keys at the Yorkton Short Film Festival.
2000 Best Experimental Film, San Diego Asian Film Festival for By This Parting.
2000 Golden Sheaf Awards for Best Experimental Film, Best Soundtrack for By This Parting at the Yorkton Short Film Festival.
2000 Nomination for 2000 Ammy Award (U.S. Asian American Entertainment Awards) for Best Short Film for Samurai Swing.
1999 Nomination for Telefilm Award for Best Canadian Director of a Short Film-Vancouver Int’l Film Festival for By This Parting.
1999 Best Experimental Film at the Canadian Int’l Annual Film and Video Festival for By This Parting.
1999 Asian Canadian Excellence Award for Best Film of 1999 for By This Parting.
1999 AMPIA awards for Best Experimental Film, Non-Dramatic Editing and the Best of Festival Jury Prize for By This Parting.
1999 AMPIA nominations for Best Director Non-Dramatic By This Parting and Best Production under 60 min Samurai Swing.
1998 AMPIA nomination for Lead Performance Female for “The Orange Seed Myth and Other Lies Mothers Tell”.
1998 Drama Prize – National Screen Institute of Canada
Other
2005 Co-Winner with Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull & Caroline Howarth of the Syncrude Award for Innovative Artistic Direction at the Mayor’s Evening for the Arts, given to Concrete Theatre.
2003 Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal presented by the Lieutenant Governor General of Alberta for excellence in the arts.
1997 Interprovincial Pipeline Emerging Artist Award- Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts