Special Performance

Kecia Lewis
Grammy and Tony Award-Winning Artist

Kecia Lewis is celebrating 41 triumphant years as a dynamic storyteller on stage and screen. She will soon be seen as a lead opposite Tracy Morgan in “Crutch,” a new comedy for Paramount+. Most recently, Kecia swept awards season, garnering the Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk, Outer-Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel awards for her critically acclaimed portrayal of ‘Miss Liza Jane’ in Hell's Kitchen on Broadway. At 18, Kecia made her Broadway debut in Dreamgirls. She went on to embody memorable roles on Broadway in the original and revival casts of Once On This Island, The Drowsy Chaperone, Leap of Faith, Chicago, The Gospel at Colonus (with Morgan Freeman), Big River, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (standby for Nell Carter), and Children of a Lesser God. Off Broadway, Kecia has starred in Mother Courage (CSC), The Skin of Our Teeth (TFNA - Obie Award Winner), Dessa Rose (LCT - Drama Desk nom.), and Marie and Rosetta (ATC - Lortel & Drama League Nom), Obie Award Winner). Selected Television and Film: Recurring & Guest roles on “Will Trent” (ABC), the reboot of “Mad About You” (Spectrum), “The Passage” (FOX), “Law and Order SVU” (NBC), “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” (Hulu), “And Just Like That” (Max), “With Love” (Amazon), “The Blacklist” (NBC), and Evan Parter’s feature The Independent with Brian Cox, now streaming on Peacock.