Dan Covey is a lighting designer and projections designer for the theater, working professionally since 1980. He studied at

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from 1976 to 1980. After leaving WVU, he worked for

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, for a variety of theaters in Boston, and recently as a lighting designer and theater renovation advisor in

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He and scenic designer Tony Cisek worked together on more than 40 Washington productions. They also worked together on two

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productions, ''Beyond Glory'' (2007), and ''columbinus'' (2006).Horwitz, Jan
"Setting the Stage Beyond D.C."
''The Washington Post'', June 20, 2007 Covey designed the lights at Ford's Theatre for their 2019 production of Twelve Angry Men. Regionally, Covey designed lights at

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in Ithaca, NY, with a production of '

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.'Adams, Barbara. "Hangar Theatre production a true 'Gem'" (Thursday, August 4, 2011; Page 25), The Ithaca Journal.

Awards and nominations

Covey received a 2008 Drammy Award for Lighting Design for

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's new production of ''

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''.The Drammys Portland Drama Awards, Awarded June 9, 2008, This production was featured in ''American Theatre'' magazine in September 2008.Carey, Owen. "Sometimes a Great Notion Portland Center Stage," pp. 48-49. ''American Theatre'', September 2008. He also received the 2001 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for his work on '' The Tempest'' at the

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.Covey Recipient of Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production - 2001, He has been nominated thirteen other times for the Helen Hayes Award as follows: *''Dangerous Liaisons'' at Rep Stage (1999) *''

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'' at Source Theatre Company (2000) *''Leaving the Summer Land'' for Tribute Productions (2001) *''

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'' for Theater Alliance at the H Street Playhouse (2004) *''The Return to Morality'' at Rep Stage (2004) *''Mary's Wedding'' for Theater Alliance at the H Street Playhouse (2005) *''Merlin and the Cave of Dreams'' at Imagination Stage (2005) *''Hannah & Martin'' at

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(2006) *''In the Heart of America'' at Rep Stage (2009) *''On the Verge, or The Geography of Yearning'' at Rep Stage (2011) *''Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea'' for Theater Alliance at the Anacostia Playhouse (2016) *'' The Glass Menagerie'' at Ford's Theatre (2017)

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