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Danielle Preston is a Washington DC based costume designer working in theater. 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 Round House Theatre, Everyman Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Signature Theatre, TheaterWorks Hartford, Children's Theatre Company, Berkshire Theater Group, Barrington Stage Company, and Theater J. 

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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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MEMBERSHIP

United Scenic Artists Local 829 Member

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AWARDS

2025 SETC Distinguished Keynote- Costume Design

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 WORK​

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Julius X, Folger Theatre, Director: Nicole Brewer, September 2025

Mother Play, Studio Theatre, Director: Margot Bordelon, November 2025

A Case of the Existence of God, Mosaic Theatre, Director: Danilo Gambini, November 2025

How Shakespeare Saved My Life, Berkeley Rep, Director: Tony Taccone, January 2026

Little Miss Perfect Musical, Olney Theatre Center, Director: Zhailon Levingston, February 2026

Appropriate, Olney Theatre Center, Director: Jason Loewith, March 2026

Jonah, Studio Theatre, Director: Taylor Reynolds, March 2026

Or, , Constellation Theatre Company, Dir. Allison Arkell Stockman

Sally & Tom, Round House Theatre, Director: Timothy Douglas, May 2026​

How Shakespeare Saved My Life, Folger Theatre, Director: Tony Taccone, June 2026

How Shakespeare Saved My Life, Red Bull Theatre, Director: Tony Taccone, September 2026

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CONTACT

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daniellelizabethpreston@gmail.com

IG: @danielleprestondesign

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Click HERE for resume​

© by Danielle Preston 2025

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