Awards
National Endowment of The Arts Fellowships – received three times.
CBS/NEA Playwright-in-Residence (American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge)
HBO Playwrights USA Award
Dramatists Guild/CBS New Play Award
American Theatre Critics' Award (finalist)
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
McKnight Fellowship
Jerome Fellowship
Midwest Authors' Award
Zaki Gordon Memorial Award
George Burns and Gracie Allen Comedy Award
Aurand Harris Fellowship from Children's Theater Foundation of America
Grant-in-Aid for Professional Development from Catholic University of America
Residencies and Professorships
Jon has been a Playwright-in-Residence at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. He has taught Playwriting and Screenwriting at the UCLA Professional Program, the University of Texas, the University of Washington, Ohio University, and Hollins University in Virginia. He is currently the head of the MFA Playwriting Program at Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.