Signature Theatre Mark K. Anduss - The Last Orbit of Billy Mars - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Neil McFadden - The Dead Monkey - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Scott Burgess - The Adding Machine - Washington Jewish Theatre 2001 Scott Burgess - The Tempest - Folger Theatre Brian Keating - Floyd Collins - Signature Theatre Brian Keating - In The Absence of Spring - Signature Theatre Hana Sellers - Wonder of the World - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Scott Burgess - The Mystery of Irma Vep (a penny dreadful) - Rep Stage 2002 Daniel Portaix - Les Cloisons (Partitions) - Le Neon Theatre Fabian Obispo - Agamemnon and His Daughters - Arena Stage Gil Thompson - The Invention of Love - Studio Theatre Mark K. Anduss - Andromeda Shack - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Martin Desjardins - Hamlet - Shakespeare Theatre Tony Angelini - Home - Round House Theatre 2003 Mark Anduss - Tiny Alice - Washington Shakespeare Company Adam Wernick - The Diaries - Signature Theatre David McKeever - Scotland Road - Olney Theatre Center for the Arts David McKeever - The After-Dinner Joke - Potomac Theatre Project Paata Tsikurishvili - Host and Guest - Synetic Theater Scott Burgess - Knoyugogh - Little Globe Theater Scott Burgess - Othello - Folger Theatre 2004 Martin Desjardins - A Midsummer Night's Dream - The Shakespeare Theatre Martin Desjardins - Richard III - The Shakespeare Theatre Scott Burgess - Elizabeth the Queen - Folger Theatre Chas Marsh - The Dazzle - Rep Stage Neil McFadden - The Drawer Boy - Round House Theatre Ryan Rumery - Thief River - Theatre Alliance 2005 Martin Desjardins - The Diary of Anne Frank - Round House Theatre Martin Desjardins - MacBeth - The Shakespeare Theatre Mark K Anduss - Mary's Wedding - Theatre Alliance Irakli Kavsadze - The Master and Margarita - Synetic Theatre Ron Oshima - Porcelain - Tsunami Theatre Company Paata Tskurishvili - The Master and Margarita - Synetc Theatre 2006 Martin Desjardins - columbinus (World Premiere) - Round House Theatre Martin Desjardins- Othello - Shakespeare Theatre Company Michael Bodeen - The Tempest - Shakespeare Theatre Company Rob Milburn - The Tempest - Shakespeare Theatre Company Dan Murphy - Moby Dick Rehearsed - The American Century Theatre Darron L West - Imitations for Saxophone - Arena Stage 2007 Matthew M Nielson - A Prayer For Owen Meany - Round House Theatre Martin Desjardins