Caesar - The Shakespeare Theatre Adam Wernick - Richard II - The Shakespeare Theatre David Maddox and Robin M. Heath - Edward II - Washington Shakespeare Company David Maddox - Porcelain - Consenting Adults Theatre Company George Fulginiti-Shakar - The Comedy of Errors - The Shakespeare Theatre Rob Milburn - Dancing at Lughnasa - Arena Stage 1995 Richard Woodbury - Wings - Signature Theatre Klimchak - No Exit - Le Neon French-American Theatre David E. Smith - The Revengers' Comedies - Arena Stage Mark K. Anduss - Dream of a Common Language - Theater of the First Amendment Neil McFadden - The Swan - Round House Theatre 1996 Daniel Schrader - The Pitchfork Disney - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Ben Zastrow - Marisol - Potomac Theatre Project David Maddox and Gil Thompson - Rhinoceros - The Studio Theatre John Gottlieb and Mitchell Greenhill - The Waiting Room - Arena Stage Ron Ursano/The Chroma Group - On the Open Road - The Actors' Theatre of Washington 1997 Bruce Odland - Dance of Death - Arena Stage Daniel Schrader - Cymbeline - Washington Shakespeare Company David Maddox - The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay - Theater of the First Amendment Rob Milburn - The Miser - Arena Stage Scott Burgess - Quills - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 1998 Scott Burgess - Romeo and Juliet - Folger Shakespeare Library David Maddox - Never the Sinner - Rep Stage David Maddox - Never the Sinner - Signature Theatre David Maddox - Things That Break - Theater of the First Amendment Gil Thompson - Old Wicked Songs - The Studio Theatre Gregory Brian (now Brian Mac Ian) and Mitch Finegold - The Fall of the House of Usher - Fraudulent Productions Scott Burgess - Travels With My Aunt - Rep Stage 1999 David Maddox - Nijinsky's Last Dance - Signature Theatre Brian D. Keating - Neville's Island - Rep Stage Gil Thompson and Scott Burgess - Seven Guitars - The Studio Theatre Neil McFadden - Jack & Jill - Round House Theatre Red Ramona - The Merry Wives of Windsor - The Shakespeare Theatre Scott W. Edwards and Timothy M. Thompson - You Can't Take It With You - Arena Stage 2000 Gil Thompson and Ronobir Lahiri - Indian Ink - The Studio Theatre David Maddox - Grimm Tales - Theater of the First Amendment Ltd.,Ron Ursano/The Chroma Group - Angels in America, Part II: Perestroika -