Preston Kifer

Office Administrative Assistant

About Preston

Preston Kifer (he/him) is a current MFA candidate in Dramaturgy & Script Development and former Artistic and Literary Fellow with the Play Company. As an artist with a degree in political science and background in public policy, Preston seeks to uncover how these fields engage and entangle with grassroots research to incorporate the arts into underserved communities while fast-tracking civic engagement. His research on the decline of protests has been invited for presentation at both the 2025 Pi Sigma Alpha National Research Conference and the 2025 John Hopkins Richard Macksey Symposium. Preston was nominated for ‘Best Playwright’ by Best of Tampa Bay in 2025.

The Job

Preston provides administrative support and office management for the Theatre Program Office. He assists with classroom organization and EMS reservation management. He also designs and compiles the information for each of the Thesis production playbills.