Crystal Garrett
- Producer
- Writer
- Actress
Emerging writer/actress, Crystal D. Garrett, has worked closely with
major networks and studios, including having a one-hour television
pilot optioned by Warner Bros. Television, and collaborated with many
industry heavyweights. In addition, Crystal served as Head Writer for
an independently financed sitcom. Garrett's latest venture is a feature
length adaptation of the critically acclaimed bestselling novel Let The
Church Say Amen. The project completed lensing in Atlanta and was
produced by the Viacom /BET in and Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit
Productions directed by Regina King and set to air in 2015. Garrett's
sophomore film, Champ, is currently in development. Garrett's career in
the arts and entertainment industry began in theatre. She made her
Broadway debut in the principal role of CeCe in Play On!, which she
originated at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California under the
direction of Sheldon Epps. She has performed lead roles in both
classical and contemporary plays. Garrett has played opposite of John
Goodman in Henry IV, worked directly with Stephen Sondheim in a
principal role for a Sondheim's world premiere, which went on to
Broadway, and has landed roles on HBO, Showtime, BET, Lifetime, and
OWN. She completed her M.F.A through the prestigious Old Globe
Theatre's Professional Actors Program as 1 of 7 students selected
nationally, awarded a full academic scholarship, and chosen as a
distinguished Old Globe Theatre Fellow. Garrett's awards include: 1st
place Scriptapalooza for best sitcom spec, Writer's Digest top ten
dramatic television writers, and first place for best sitcom for TV
Writers. Garrett is originally from Seattle, WA.