- His script for In the Company of Men (1997), began with the line "Let's hurt somebody" and developed from there.
- Attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and graduated with degrees in Theater and Film.
- He attended the University of Kansas and received his Masters degree in Theater and Film.
- He was nominated for a 2013 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for New Adaptation for the play, "In the Company of Men" at the Profiles Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- Chris Rock calls himself "a big fan".
- He was nominated for the 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play for "The Shape of Things", performed at the Almeida Theatre.
- He became friends with Aaron Eckhart at Brigham Young University. They have worked together at least five times: In the Company of Men (1997), Your Friends and Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Tumble (2000) and Possession (2002).
- Father was a truck driver.
- Nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play for "Reasons to Be Pretty".
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