DANIELLE PRESTON
Danielle Preston is a Washington DC based costume designer working in theater and opera. She has been so grateful for the opportunity to explore characters through the vehicle of clothing and while creating a focus on the human experience.
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Recent designs at Barrington Stage Company, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Signature Theatre, Children's Theatre Company, Olney Theatre Center, Spooky Action Theater, Berkshire Theater Group, Hangar Theater, Theater J, & Chicago Opera Theater.
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Danielle holds a M.F.A. in Costume Design from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Danielle received the 2022 OPERA America Tobin Director-Designer Prize, the 2015 Kenan Costume Fellow for the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, and the 2013 A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute Fellowship in Costume Design. Danielle received a Helen Hayes nomination for Costume Design in 2024 for Agreste (Drylands) at Spooky Action Theater.
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Danielle was listed on DC Metro Theater Arts 2023 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Creative Components for her design for Man Covets Bird and The Till Trilogy & DC Metro Theater Arts 2018 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Design Elements for her design for Long Way Down at the Kennedy Center.
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MEMBERSHIP
United Scenic Artists Local 829, Costume Society of America, and The Costume Society UK, OPERA America
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AWARDS
2024 Helen Hayes Nomination in Costume Design- Agreste (Drylands)
2022 Opera America Tobin Director/Designer Prize
2015 Kenan Costume Fellow for the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
2013 A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute Fellowship in Costume Design
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CURRENT / UPCOMING PROJECTS​​
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June 2024- Round House Theatre, Topdog | Underdog, Director: Jamil Jude
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June 2024- Olney Theatre Center, Long Way Down Musical, Director: Ken-Matt Martin
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July 2024- Des Moines Metro Center, American Apollo, Director: Shaun Patrick Tubbs
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CONTACT
daniellelizabethpreston@gmail.com
IG: @danielleprestondesign
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Click HERE for resume​