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 latter earning her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
Education Lucas-Perry attended both Western Michigan University, (BFA) from which she graduated in 2010, and New York University Tisch School of the Arts, (MFA) from which she graduated in 2013.
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.
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. 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." 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 and won a Dorian Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play.
Theatre credits YearTitleRoleVenue Ref.2015Little Children Dream of GodMadisonRoundabout UndergroundStorm, StillGoneril, EdgarBrooklyn Backyard2016A Sign of the TimesTanyaGoodspeed Musicals2017Bastard JonesLady BellastonCell TheaterBull in a China ShopOff-Broadway, Claire Tow TheaterThe Taming of the ShrewPetruchioRegional, Chicago Shakespeare Theater 2018A Sign of the TimesTanyaRegional, Delaware Theatre Company 2019Ain't No Mo'Passenger #5Off-Broadway, The Public TheaterA Bright Room Called DayZillah 20221776John AdamsRegional, America Repertory TheatreBroadway, American Airlines TheatreAin't No Mo'Passenger #5Broadway, Belasco Theatre2024A Sign of the TimesTanyaOff-Broadway, New World Stages2025The Great PrivationMrs. Freeman/MinnieOff-Broadway, Soho Rep2026Bigfoot! The MusicalFrancineOff-Broadway, New York City Center
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.2019Lucille Lortel AwardsOutstanding Featured Actress in a PlayAin't No Mo'2020Antonyo AwardsBest Featured Actor in a Play Off-BroadwayA Bright Room Called Day 2023Tony AwardsBest Featured Actress in a PlayAin't No Mo'Dorian AwardOutstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway PlayPlaybill, June 9, 2023, by Meg Masseron, / "Winners Announced for the 1st Dorian Theatre Awards; Kimberly Akimbo Tops the List"2025Obie AwardDistinguished PerformancePericles: A Public Works Concert Experience and The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar)
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