2007 The Indicator Species Body Invisible Great American Shadow Puppet Theatre Kentucky Avenue School Joann Keilar Major Arcana Buddy Nutt Skin and Bone Theater The Ubuists Udienetta 2006 Fromage Du Jour Players Monster Food Ramshackle Enterprises Erik Ruin Shoddy Puppet Company Sleepy Sybil Stranger Theatre Diana Vencius 2005 Rodrigo Borges Coalition of Humans Invested in the Future Clare Dolan Drama of Works Indicator Species Xander Marro and Mat Brinkman Stranger Theatre 2004 Bread & Puppets Zany Umbrella Circus 2003 Zoe Beloff Moe Bowstern Martha Colburn Detrius Family Singers Eric Fleischauer Dee Dee Halleck The Have Nots Collective Gregory Knipling Bob Labobgah Dave Mansueto Ben Matchstick Buzz Miller Beth Nixon Pay Toilets Mr. Quintron/Miss Pussycat Sarver Express Shoddy Puppet Theatre Ben Sota Blair Thomas & Michael Zerang Up To No Good Ms. Xander Paul Zaloom 2002 Ken Berman of Dramaton Black Cherry Puppet Theater Cheryl Capezzuti Environmental Encroachment The Excelsior Royal Marionettes Sarah Frechette of Puppetear Joann Kielar Beth Nixon The Rotten Tooth Puppet Troupe The Tom Sarver Puppet Express Shoddy Puppet Co. Blair Thomas Basil Twist 2001 Ajax Puppet Company Black Cherry Puppet Theater Bridgespotters Cheryl Capezzuti Drama of Works Dramaton Environmental Encroachment Flam Chen Sarah Frechette of Puppetear Janie Geiser Holden Puppets Little King Chiao-Wen Joven Lin Muddy Feet Beth Nixon Puppets of Pain p.s. kNOcKed SeNseLeSs Miss Pussycat Sarrogit The Tom Sarver Puppet Express Spyglass Theater Squonk Opera Blair Thomas Tiny Ninja Theater Wonderment Puppet Theater 2000 Lisa Abbatomarco Big Nazo Cheryl Capezzuti & Kellee Van Aken Jeff Carpenter & Jay O Bersky Das Puppenspiel Drama of Works Dramaton Environmental Encroachment Holden Puppets Knee High Puppeteers Gregory Knipling Krakatoa Beth Nixon Tom Sarver Skin and Bones Productions Theatre Spoon Blair Thomas Tiny Industries Wonderment Puppets