Illuminations from TCG Books:by Robert O'Hara. World Premiere Production:The Storypremiered in 2003 at The Public Theater, which also produced Wilson's playsThe Good NegroandBuzzer. Academic Appointments:Wilson has taught or guest lectured at Yale, Brown, Rutgers, and NYU. Awards:Wilson's awards include the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award, a Whiting Award, the Kesselring Prize, the 2007 Time Warner Storytelling Fellowship, and the Joyce Award. Wilson was the 2009 writer-in-residence at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Screenwriting:Wilson has written for the television programsThe AmericansandFosse/Verndon, and co-wrote the screenplay for the Aretha Franklin biopicRespect, starring Jennifer Hudson and directed by Liesl Tommy.