Year
|
Recipient
|
Role
|
Play
|
Production
|
1973
|
Barnard Hughes
|
Dogberry
|
Much Ado About Nothing
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1974
|
Randy Kim
|
Trinculo
|
The Tempest
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1975
|
John Glover
|
Clown
|
The Winter's Tale
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1976
|
Carolyne McWilliams
|
Mariana
|
Measure for Measure
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1977
|
No Award
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1978
|
Carmen DeLavalape
|
Emelia
|
Othello
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1979
|
Robert Christian
|
Aufidius
|
Coriolanus
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1980
|
No award
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1981
|
Ralph Drischell
|
Earl of Worcester
|
Henry IV
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1982
|
Tom Spackman
|
Edmund
|
King Lear
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1983
|
Concetta Tomei
|
Queen Elizabeth
|
Richard III
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1984
|
Anthony Heald
|
Fluellen
|
Henry V
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1985
|
No award
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1986
|
Nathan Lane
|
Pompey
|
Measure for Measure
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1987
|
No Award
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1988
|
Bradley Whitford
|
Paris
|
Romeo and Juliet
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1989
|
Keith David
|
Aufidius
|
Coriolanus
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1990
|
Dana Ivey
|
Gertrude
|
Hamlet
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1991
|
Byron Jennings
|
Pericles
|
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1992
|
Elizabeth McGovern
|
Rosalind
|
As You Like It
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1993
|
Michael Cumpsty
|
Alcibiades
|
Timon of Athens
|
National Theatre
|
1994
|
Malcolm Gets
|
Proteus
|
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1995
|
Stephen Spinella
|
Pandarus
|
Troilus and Cressida
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1996
|
Nicholas Kepros
|
Escalus
|
Measure for Measure
|
Theatre for a New Audience
|
1997
|
Jayne Atkinson
|
Katherine
|
Henry VIII
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
1998
|
Brian Murray
|
Toby Belch
|
Twelfth Night
|
Lincoln Center
|
1999
|
Max Wright
|
Christopher Sly
|
The Taming of the Shrew
|
New York Shakespeare Festival
|
2000
|
Rachel Botchan
|
Lady Ann
|
Richard III
|
Pearl Theatre Company
|
2001
|
Andrew Weems
|
Thersites
|
Troilus and Cressida
|
Theatre for a New Audience
|
2002
|
Ray Virta
|
Benedick
|
Much Ado About Nothing
|
Pearl Theatre
|
2003
|
Dakin Matthews
|
Glendower / Warwick
|
Henry IV, Parts 1, 2
|
Vivian Beaumont Theater
|
2004
|
Carman Lacivita
|
multiple characters
|
Rose Rage: Henry VI, 1, 2, 3
|
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
|
2005
|
Colm Feore
|
Cassius
|
Julius Caesar
|
Belasco Theatre
|
2006
|
George Morfogen
|
Duke of York
|
Richard II
|
Classic Stage Company
|
2007
|
Jay O. Sanders
|
Bottom
|
A Midsummer Night's Dream
|
The Public Theater
|
2008
|
Stark Sands
|
Ferdinand
|
The Tempest
|
Classic Stage Company
|
2009
|
David Pittu
|
Feste
|
Twelfth Night
|
The Public Theater
|
2010
|
Charles Kimbrough
|
Prince of Arragon
|
The Merchant of Venice
|
The Public Theater
|
2011
|
Nick Westrate
|
Berowne
|
Love's Labour's Lost
|
The Public Theater
|
2012
|
David Furr
|
Orlando
|
As You Like It
|
The Public Theater
|
2013
|
Tina Benko
|
Titania
|
A Midsummer Night's Dream
|
Theatre for a New Audience
|
2014
|
Amanda Quaid
|
Dionyza/Bawd
|
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
|
The Public Theater
|
2015
|
Andy Grotelueschen
|
Launce/Duke
|
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
|
Fiasco Theater[2]
|
2016
|
Louis Cancelmi
|
Achilles
|
Troilus and Cressida
|
Shakespeare in the Park[3]
|
2017
|
Peter Friedman
|
Polonius
|
Hamlet
|
The Public Theater[4]
|
2018
|
Mia Katigbak
|
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
|
Henry VI
|
National Asian American Theater Company[5]
|
2019
|
Jonathan Hadary
|
Sicinius Velutus
|
Coriolanus
|
The Public Theater[6]
|
2020
|
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