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, Spooky Action Theater, Signature Theatre, Children's Theatre Company, Olney Theatre Center, 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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• March 2024- Signature Theatre, Penelope, Director: Eva Steinmetz

• March 2024- Studio Theatre, At The Wedding, Director: Tom Story

• June 2024- Round House Theatre, Topdog | Underdog, Director: Jamil Jude

• June 2024- Olney Theatre Center, Long Way Down, Director: Ken-Matt Martin

• June 2024- Constellation Theatre, Is God Is, Director: Kenyatta Rodgers

• 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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