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Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Acting, National Theatre Conservatory
• Master of Arts in Arts Administration, University of Michigan

Biography

Kelli Crump is a proud Detroit native who holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the National Theatre Conservatory and a Master of Arts in Arts Administration from the University of Michigan. She is also a graduate of Central Michigan University and has studied Shakespeare at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

Crump is a recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Acting Teacher Fellowship presented by the National Alliance of Acting Teachers, The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and The Juilliard School. She is also a recipient of the NAPAT Classical Acting Award, the VASTA Vocal Excellence Award, the Charlene Gordon Arts Impact Award, the John Cauble Emerging Leader Award and the Region III ASPIRE Faculty Fellowship Award presented by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

She has worked with many of our nation’s most critically acclaimed and award-winning professional theatre organizations, including the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Magic Theatre in San Francisco. For more than a decade, Crump has worked as a teaching artist, exposing others to the depth, richness and excitement of culturally inclusive, anti-racist and socially conscious live theatre.

Crump is a national councilor and proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, SAG/AFTRA, and was an official Tony Award voter for the 2023-24 Broadway season.