John Becker has won three Individual Artist's Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council. He was also awarded a grant from the AHCMC for his series Deep End tv series, for "artistic excellence and social impact" His musical, Everything I Do, was read at the Kennedy Center, chosen for a workshop at Artist's Bloc, and performed at the Atlas in DC to excellent reviews. He was commissioned by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in NY to co-write and co-direct the book trailer for Susan Coll's The Stager. His play Summit Meeting was performed at the Kennedy Center for a festival, where it was awarded 1st place by audience vote. John has had plays performed at the Source Theatre in DC, Off-Broadway at the Emerging Artists Theatre in New York, the Human Rights Arts Festival for Amnesty International, and many others.