The Studio Theatre Marcia Gay Harden - The Miss Firecracker Contest - Olney Theatre Mercedes McCambridge - 'night, Mother - Arena Stage 1987 Tana Hicken - Old Times - Arena Stage Annette Helde - Landscape of the Body - The Studio Theatre June Hansen - The Birthday Party - The Studio Theatre Kathy Yarman - Sally and Marsha - Round House Theatre Mary Ellen Nester - Dorothy - New Arts Theatre Nancy Robinette - Christmas on Mars - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Tana Hicken - The Wild Duck - Arena Stage 1988 Grainne Cassidy - Savage in Limbo - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Candy Buckley - All the King's Men - Arena Stage Elizabeth DuVall - To Clothe the Naked - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Jennifer Mendenhall - Savage in Limbo - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Nancy Robinette - Harvey - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Tana Hicken - Heartbreak House - Arena Stage 1989 Jennifer Mendenhall - Aunt Dan and Lemon - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Brigid Cleary - The House of Blue Leaves - Olney Theatre Franchelle Stewart Dorn - Macbeth - The Shakespeare Theatre Grainne Cassidy - Sharon and Billy - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Kelly McGillis - The Merchant of Venice - The Shakespeare Theatre Shirley Knight - The Cherry Orchard - Arena Stage 1990 Kelly McGillis - Twelfth Night - The Shakespeare Theatre Carolyn Swift - Talking Things Over With Chekhov - American Showcase Theatre Lily Knight - A Lie of the Mind - Arena Stage Marissa Copeland - Briar Patch - Arena Stage Sarah Marshall - The Dead Monkey - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 1991 Pat Carroll - The Merry Wives of Windsor - The Shakespeare Theatre Dale Stein - A Fresh of Breath Air - Smallbeer Theatre Company June Hansen - Happy Days - The Washington Stage Guild Kim Hamilton - Fences - Arena Stage Nancy Paris - Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune - The Studio Theatre Tana Hicken - Juno and the Paycock - Arena Stage 1992 Nancy Robinette - Fat Men in Skirts - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Carolyn Swift - Love and Anger - Round House Theatre Crystal Laws Green - Jar the Floor - Arena Stage June Hansen - When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout - The Studio Theatre Robin Morse - My Children! My Africa! - Arena Stage Sarah Marshall -