In May 2018 O’Keefe was awarded an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. Individual Excellence Awards are peer recognition of creative artists for the exceptional merit of a body of their work that advances or exemplifies the discipline and the larger artistic community. These awards support artists’ growth and development and recognize their work in Ohio and beyond. O’Keefe submitted the plays Best Intentions and Illuminated, both of which had been created in Ohio and Best Intentions went on to be performed in London and Edinburgh and Illuminated had a world Premiere at Convergence Continuum Theatre last summer.

O’Keefe was one of 8 playwrights throughout the state of Ohio to be awarded and is honored to be included in the 2018 award cycle.

*The award was posted under O’Keefe’s married, legal name, Caitlin Dargue.