Honors and Awards
| 2015 | National Medal of Arts |
| 2010 | Falstaff Award for Best Director and Best Script Adaptation/Dramaturgy (Throne of Blood at Oregon Shakespeare Festival) |
| 2009 | NYSCA Individual Artists Theatre Commission |
| 2008 | NYSCA Individual Artists Theatre Commission |
| 2007 | NYSCA Individual Artists Theatre Commission |
| 2006 | USA Prudential Fellowship USA Artists Foundation NYSCA Individual Artists Theatre Commission NY Theatre Wire’s "Top Ten" Shows of the 2005-2006 Season (Cathay: Three Tales of China) |
| 2005 | NYSCA Individual Artists Theatre Commission |
| 2004 | Honorary Doctorate of Human Letters, Kent State University |
| 2003 | NYFA Artist’s Fellowship (Multidisciplinary/Performance Art) NYSCA Individual Artists Theatre Commission |
| 2002 | Out Magazine’s OUT100 Award |
| 2001 | NY Theatre Wire’s "Top Ten" Shows of the 2000-2001 Season (Secret History) |
| 2000 | Obie Award for Sustained Achievement of Direction |
| 1999 | After Dark Award (Undesirable Elements/Chicago) Bessie Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement (SlutForArt) Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Cornish College A Magazine’s A100 Award - 100 most influential Asian Americans of the decade |
| 1998 | Bellagio Fellow VITA Award for Lifetime Achievement, Stony Brook NYFA Artist’s Fellowship (Playwrighting) UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence in the Art of Puppetry (Kwaidan) |
| 1997 | NYSCA Individual Artists Theatre Commission TCG ABSOLUT STAGES Award |
| 1996 | NEA Playwrights Fellowship |
| 1995 | Yomiuri Theatrical Award (GAIJIN) NYSCA Individual Artists Theatre Commission |
| 1994 | Wynton Chair, University of Minnesota |
| 1992 | Bessie Award for Sustained Achievement in the Performing Arts McKnight Fellow NYSCA Individual Artists Theatre Commission |
| 1991 | NEA Choreographer Fellowship |
| 1990 | NEA Choreographer Fellowship Bronze Star, Sacramento International Film and Video Festival |
| 1989 | NEA Choreographer Fellowship |
| 1988 | McKnight Fellow NYFA Artist’s Fellowship (Choreography) |
| 1985 | Guggenheim Fellowship Maharam Design Award |
| 1984 | NEA Visual Arts Fellowship |
| 1983 | Grand Prize, Toronto Video Festival |
| 1982 | Villager Award |
| 1981 | NEA New Genre Fellowship |
| 1977 | Obie Award |
| 1975 | CAPS Fellowship |
| 1974 | CAPS Fellowship |