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, Olney Theatre Center, Barrington Stage Company, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Signature Theatre, Children's Theatre Company, Berkshire Theater Group,  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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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

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AWARDS

2025 SETC Distinguished Costume Design Keynote 

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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• January 2025- Studio Theatre, Downstate, Director: David Muse

• February 2025- Theaterworks Hartford, King James, Director: Rob Ruggiero

• March 2025- Olney Theatre Center, Sleepova, Director: Paige Hernandez

• April 2025- Theaterworks Hartford, Primary Trust, Director: Jennifer Chang

• June 2025- Round House Theatre, King James, Director: Rob Ruggiero

• August 2025- Goodspeed Musicals, Little Miss Perfect Musical (Developmental), Director: Zhailon Levingston

• September 2025- 59E59, This Much I Know, Director: Hayley Finn

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

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CONTACT

daniellelizabethpreston@gmail.com

IG: @danielleprestondesign

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Click HERE for resume​