 Later that season, a premiere of the dark comedy "Stunning Achievements in Iowa" by Mark D. Kaufman was a critical success, earning the group its first of many Joseph Jefferson awards.The turning point that third season came when the prominent director Sheldon Patinkin came to the JLA to judge the group's third improvisational comedy revue "Scubba Hey" for the Joseph Jefferson Committee.Patinkin's involvement with The Practical Theatre helped to accelerate the young company's development, artistically and from a business standpoint.