On Wednesday, Mrs. Roach's Career Readiness class was honored with the opportunity to have Crystal Dickinson, an American actress, as our guest speaker as part of our Career Speaker Series Project. She shared personal stories about her educational and career journey, a typical workday, and the ups and downs of her career journey. Students also had the opportunity to interact with her in rich discussions while asking questions.
Crystal Dickinson is an actress, educator, and New Jersey native. Her Broadway credits include the Tony Award-winning play Clybourne Park, for which she received an illustrious Theater World Award, and the Tony-nominated play, You Can't Take It With You, alongside James Earl Jones and Rose Byrne. She has performed Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center, The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, The Signature Theater, and most recently, Theater for A New Audience. Film and television credits include: Tyler Perry House of Payne, I Origins, This Is Where I Leave You, The Good Wife, Feed the Beast, New Amsterdam, and recurring roles on Showtime’s, The Chi and ABC's For Life. Crystal has had an illustrious career teaching acting and coaching at Juilliard, Stella Adler Studio, Spelman College, NYU, Princeton, Pace University, and both of her alumni schools, University of Illinois and Seton Hall University. A proud MFA graduate of The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, she also studied at the London Academy for Music and Dramatic Art, and is an elite member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab.