Crystal Lucas-Perry

Crystal Lucas-Perry is an American actress, singer, songwriter and producer. She is known for her performances on Broadway starring in the musical revival of 1776 (2022), and the Jordan E. Cooper sketch-play Ain't No Mo' (2023), the later of which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.^[1]

Education

Lucas-Perry attended both Western Michigan University, (BFA) from which she graduated in 2010,^[2] and New York University Tisch School of the Arts, (MFA) from which she graduated in 2013.^[3]

Career

Lucas-Perry was a member of the cast of Jordan E. Cooper's sketch play Ain't No Mo' for its premiere Off-Broadway in 2019.^[4]

In September 2022 Lucas-Perry made her Broadway debut as John Adams in the musical revival of 1776.

When Ain't No Mo' transferred to Broadway at the beginning of December, she reprised her roles in the production.^[5] Deadline Hollywood wrote positively of her performance adding, "Lucas-Perry returns later in the show in one of the most emotionally powerful of the sketches...playing [a] convict to be released from a prison."^[6] Although the play failed to find an audience and was a commercial failure it received six Tony Award nominations including for Lucas-Perry who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2015	Little Children Dream of God	Madison	Roundabout Underground	[7]
	Storm, Still	Goneril, Edgar	Brooklyn Backyard
2016	A Sign of the Times	Tanya	Goodspeed Musicals	[9]
2017	Bastard Jones	Lady Bellaston	Cell Theater	[10]
	Bull in a China Shop		Off-Broadway, Claire Tow Theater	[11]
	The Taming of the Shrew	Petruchio	Regional, Chicago Shakespeare Theater	[12]
2018	A Sign of the Times	Tanya	Regional, Delaware Theatre Company	[13]
2019	Ain't No Mo'	Passenger #5	Off-Broadway, The Public Theater
	A Bright Room Called Day	Zillah		[14]
2022	1776	John Adams	Regional, America Repertory Theatre and Broadway, American Airlines Theatre
	Ain't No Mo'	Passenger #5	Broadway, Belasco Theatre	[15]
2024	A Sign of the Times	Tanya	Off-Broadway, New World Stages	[16]
2025	The Great Privation	Mrs. Freeman/Minnie	Off-Broadway, Soho Rep

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2019	Lucille Lortel Awards	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	Ain't No Mo'	Won	[17]
2020	Antonyo Awards	Best Featured Actor in a Play Off-Broadway	A Bright Room Called Day	Nominated	[18]
2023	Tony Awards	Best Featured Actress in a Play	Ain't No Mo'	Nominated	[19]