"Cloud Tectonics" was a critical success, considered one of the 10 best productions of 1995 by both The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun Times, and Kamys went on to receive a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for his score.Though he did not win the award at that time, eventually receiving the "Jeff" in 1998 for his work for "El Paso Blue" at the Next Theater Company, the success of "Cloud Tectonics" initiated a longstanding collaborative relationship between Kamys, Godinez.