Jenna Damberger is an award winning costume designer, a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University, where she received her B.A. in Theatre, and holds an M.F.A. in Costume Design from the prestigious Boston University.

Jenna received the 2022 Artie Award for Outstanding Costume Design of A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM at Shakespeare in Delaware Park, and 2018 Artie Award for THE ILLUSION at RLTP and was nominated for the 2019 Artie Award for THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF BILLY THE KID. Her highlights of her designs in Western New York include THE COLOR PURPLE (Ujima Company, Second Generation Theatre & Shea’s 710 Theatre), THE SECRET GARDEN (Second Generation Theatre) THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (All For One Productions), MEASURE FOR MEASURE and LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (Shakespeare in Delaware Park), MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY (RLTP at Shea’s 710) and SWEAT, GUARDS AT THE TAJ, TRIBES, HAND TO GOD, & DISGRACED (RLTP). She spent two seasons as the resident designer and shop manager for The Clinton Area Showboat Theatre. She has also designed for Cleveland Public Theatre, Theatre Ninjas, and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Next Stage Ensemble.

An experienced costume shop manager, draper, and milliner, she has hosted workshops and lectured on a variety of topics, most recently with Emory & Henry College in Virginia.

Jenna has on-set and background costumer experience. She has also served as a stitcher, dresser, or first hand for Boston University, Dorset Theater Festival, Commonwealth Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Ohio Light Opera, Tecumseh!, and Baldwin-Wallace College.

Jenna is based out of Buffalo, NY where she is a proud member of the Road Less Traveled Ensemble. As a strong advocate for treating all artists with dignity, she opened Houndstooth Costume Collective in 2022 in the heart of the Buffalo Theatre District. Jenna serves as the Owner and Executive Director of this collective studio which gives freelance artists a home to practice their craft, and a community in which to collaborate. Alongside her husband Andy, she has created tweed.pro, a costume management software database that is revolutionizing costume information workflow.