- Conrack - Ford's Theatre Sherri L. Edelen - Assassins - Signature Theatre 1995 Megan Lawrence - Into the Woods - Signature Theatre Beth Clark - Iolanthe - Interact Theatre Company Loretta Devine - Hot Mikado - Ford's Theatre Robin Baxter - Hot Mikado - Ford's Theatre Suzanne Genz - Wings - Signature Theatre 1996 Roz White - Bessie's Blues - The Studio Theatre Eileen Ward - Hello, Dolly! - Toby's Dinner Theatre Karlah Hamilton - First Lady Suite - Signature Theatre Monique Lorraine Midgette - Beehive - Toby's Dinner Theatre Patricia Pearce Gentry - Cabaret - Signature Theatre 2002 Kadejah Oni Higdon - SPUNK - African Continuum Theatre Company Andrea Frierson-Toney - A New Brain - Studio Theatre Deanna Harris - Gypsy - Signature Theatre Jane Pesci-Townsend - The Pirates of Penzance - Interact Theatre Company Sherri L. Edelen - She Loves Me - Olney Theatre Center for the Arts 2003 Lori Tan Chinn - South Pacific - Arena Stage Alice Ripley - Company - The Kennedy Center Lauri Kraft - Bat Boy: The Musical - The Studio Theatre Secondstage Mariani Ebert - Brasil: as coisas do samba - Gala Hispanic Theatre Perri Gaffney - Polk County - Arena Stage Ta'rea Campbell - The Gospel According to Fishman - Signature Theatre Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Resident Musical 1998 David James - The Wizard of Oz - Toby's Dinner Theatre Albert Coia - Down at the Old Bull & Bush - Interact Theatre Company Donna Migliaccio - No Way to Treat a Lady - Signature Theatre Kate Kiley - Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Purloined Patience or The Scandal at the D'Oyly Carte - Interact Theatre Company Kit Halliday - The Harvey Milk Show - Source Theatre Company Lawrence Redmond - Working - Signature Theatre 1999 Sal Mistretta - The Fix - Signature Theatre in association with Cameron Mackintosh Donna Migliaccio - A Little Night Music - Signature Theatre Doug Eskew - Thunder Knocking on the Door - Arena Stage Jason Gilbert - Lady in the Dark - The American Century Theater Rhea Seehorn - Marat/Sade - Washington Shakespeare Company Robb McKindles - A Little Night Music - Signature Theatre 2000 Christopher Michael Bauer - Slam! - The Studio Theatre Carla Della Torre - West Side Story - West End Dinner Theatre John J. Kaczynski - Sweeney Todd - Signature Theatre Peggy Yates - Dreams from a