Kuhn's Off-Broadway and regional theater credits in this period include: "As Thousands Cheer" (1998) Off-Broadway at the Drama Dept., Greenwich House Theater;"Strike up the Band" (1998) Off-Broadway Encores! Concerts at New York City Center; the title role in "The Ballad of Little Jo" (2000) at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago; "Eli's Comin" (2001) Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre Company (for which she won an Obie Award); "The Highest Yellow" (2004) at the Signature Theater in Virginia; and "Three Sisters" (2005) In a new adaption by Craig Lucas at the Intiman Theater in Seattle, Washington.