Currently in post-production
for Spring 2025 in Harlem,
BrothaShakespeare
with Director S. Brian Jones, Dean of Diversity Equity at Pace University in New York City.

A former successful Shakespearian actor, now homeless living on the streets is forced to make peace with his past and the brutal truth of the two America's in which he lives. When a local theatre company mounts a new production called ‘Brotha Shakespeare,’ he insists to anyone who will listen to him that it's his story. A confrontation with the theatre company as to the “white” man on the poster causes him to go deep within and confront demons darker than any Shakespeare tragedy he's ever played on any stage.

On set in HBO TV series, The Breaks

Lead role in Harlem School of the Arts play, The Trojan Women

"King Creon" in Harlem School of the Arts play, Medea

Lead role in, Staller Performance Center's Robeson

On my way to auditions!
#keldrickcrowder

reviews

Forbidden Fruit

"Keldrick Crowder’s plays Prince with a cold violence lurking underneath his smooth exterior”

- Beate Hein Bennet, New York Theatre Wire

Pousada Azul

"Keldrick Crowder’s hilarious, fabulous Tobias is the perfect foil for his determined wife, and their companionate marriage is one of the sweetest and most engaging parts of the play.”

- Natalie Sacks, Charged.fm

Most Dangerous Man in America

“... and Keldrick Crowder stood out in their physical and emotional commitment to rapidly shifting roles.”

-Emily Gawlak, Stagebuddy

Othello

“The highlight, undoubtedly is Mr. Crowder. His is a risky performance, dangerously straddling the line between forceful acting and overacting, and he is thoroughly arresting in one of Shakespeare’s trickiest roles.”

- Aaron Botwick, Scribicide

The Task

“... the wealthy white revolutionary Debuisson, rendered imposingly by Keldrick Crowder, for turning his back on his heritage to “play revolution.”
- Mitch Montgomery, Backstage

Coat Check Cassanova

“And then there’s the homeless man, played with real energy and vigor by Keldrick Crowder...”
- Martin Denton, nytheater.com

The Seeds of Abraham

“The classically-trained actor Keldrick Crowder comes onstage and opens his mouth in a moment of celebratory joy. I had no idea that so much sound could come out of a human orifice.”
- Aurin Squire, New York Theatre Review

credits

2022

  • Brotha Shakespeare

    Theater for the New City Dream Up Festival

2021

  • Forbidden Fruit

    New York City Winter Theater Festival

    Photos by Simone Black

2017

  • A Human Being of a "Sort"

    Reverand James Gordon, Juilliard School Drama Division

  • Metro Health (Commercial)

    Factory Worker, BODEGA Production Company

  • Set it Up (Film)

    Yankee Fan, Set it Up Productions

  • Odd Mom Out (TV Series)

    Driver, Bravo

  • The Trojan Women

    Talthybius (Lead), The Harlem Arts Theater

  • Verizon (Commercial)

    Verizon Coach, Spot Creative, Inc

2016

  • The Breaks (TV Series)

    Hebrew Israelite, VH-1

  • Medea

    Creon, The Harlem Arts Theater

  • New York City Police Department (Commercial)

    Priest, D. Moss Productions

2015

  • Most Dangerous Man in America

    The Captain, New Federal Theater

  • Pousada Azúl

    Tobias Walker, Kraine Theater

2014

  • Still on the Corner

    Brother Dugy, Castillo Theater

  • Brush Strokes

    Richard Jones, Davenport Theater

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Prince Escalus, Classical Theater of Harlem

  • Seeds of Abraham

    T.L., Billie Holiday Theater

  • The Gypsy Thieves

    Dingo, Q Productions

2013

  • Othello

    Othello, Hudson Guild Theater

  • Cymbeline

    Cymbeline, Shakespeare In The Parking Lot

  • June’s Blood

    Ernest, National Black Theater

  • Cherry Vanilla

    Zack, Theater for the New City

  • Bikeman

    The BikeMan, Broad Street Ballroom Theater

  • Apollo Club Harlem

    Night Club Host, Apollo Theater

2012

  • Robeson

    Paul Robeson, Staller Performance Center

  • Murder, Inc.

    Kilroy Jones, The Live IN Theater

  • Power of the Trinity

    Priest Abuna, City Parks New York City

  • Brooklyn Cyclone Baseball Team (Commercial)

    Principal Dan, Sid Paterson Advertising

  • Singing with a Sword

    Nate, Langston Hughes Theater

  • As You Like It

    Duke Frederick, Inwood Shakespeare Festival

  • Titus Andronicus

    Aaron The Moor, American Theatre of Actors

2011

  • Coat Check Cassanova

    Begger, The Living Theater

  • Bourne to the Ocean

    Abram, Manhattan Repertoire Theater

  • Harlem on my Mind

    Multiple Roles, Metropolitan Playhouse

  • Playing with Heiner Muller

    Heiner Muller, Castillo Theater

  • Oedipus Rex

    Priest, The Saint Marks Theater

  • Ode to the Washerman

    John (Lead), Negro Ensemble Company

2010 & earlier

  • The Task

    Debussion (Lead), Castillo Theater

  • Julius Caesar

    Priest, Shakespeare in the Park, Delacorte Theatre

  • Shakespeare in America

    Stephano Africanus, Riant Theatre Strawberry Festival

  • The Man in the Zoo

    Robot, Riant Theatre Strawberry Festival

  • Pension Check

    Steve Johnson, Riant Theatre Strawberry Festival

  • The Good Woman of Szechuan

    Shui Ta (Lead), Westchester Performing Arts Center

  • LeBlanc

    Tshembe (Lead), Westchester Performing Arts Center

  • Imagine

    Mr. Richards (Lead), Newark Symphony Hall

  • Traveler (Film)

    David, Steveco Productions

  • A.K.A. Mrs. George Gilbert (Film)

    Multiple Roles, Coco Fusco Productions

  • The Experiment (Film)

    Bale King, Avi Productions

contact

917-312-6684
direct
contact

212-245-4515
Richard Rosenwald Associates, agent

keldrickcrowder69
@gmail.com

#brothashakespeare
upcoming project

bio

Keldrick is a New York City-based classically-trained actor, having received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the SUNY Purchase Theater Arts and Film Department. He has graced the New York City theater scene with a variety of formidable roles since 2000 and secured his first TV and film work soon after.

Since 2016 Keldrick continues to expand his work into television.