Kelli Crump (she/her), Assistant Professor and Director of Theatre at Alma College, 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.
Kelli is a graduate of Central Michigan University and has studied Shakespeare at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. She is 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.
Kelli 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 the Magic Theatre in San Francisco. For more than a decade, Kelli has worked as a teaching artist, exposing others to the depth, richness, and excitement of culturally inclusive, anti-racist, and socially conscious live theatre.
Kelli 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.
Stage credits include: Clyde’s, Hair, Doubt, Hairspray, The Laramie Project, Little Shop of Horrors, Hamlet, Chicago, Tartuffe and A Little Night Music.
Film/TV credits include: HBO’s LOOKING, ABC’s When We Rise, Being Flynn with Robert DeNiro, The Normals with Bryan Greenberg, The Hideout with Treat Williams, and The Storyteller with Christopher Atkins.