 Also, Carnegie Mellon University awarded Casey their Commitment to Playwrights Award in 1995.From 1982 until 1985 Casey was the artistic programs director for the New Dramatists, America's oldest playwrights’ organization, where he conducted the workshops for over 75 new playwrights in developing over 300 new works.He oversaw the development of new plays by many new playwrights including August Wilson, Amlin Grey, Wendy Kesselman, John Ford Noonan, Emily Mann, John Pielmeier, Steve Carter and Pedro Juan Pietre.