Career
Crews was spotlighted as a top comedy choice in the May 19, 2008 edition of Time Out New York, which called her an "emerging monologist." Crews has also been referred to as a "world class storyteller". As a CODA, Crews" storytelling is notable for mixing conventional monologues with the use of American Sign Language. And for finding the humor in even the most hair-raising of childhood memories.
Crews" tales typically focus on her childhood in the deep woods of Montgomery, Texas, where she lived in everything from a tin shed to a trailer to the tin shed again.
In October 2007, Crews created the alternative performance space Ochi"s Lounge. In addition to overseeing the performance space, she owns her own Puerto Rico and production company Ballyhoo Promotions.
She is an Executive Producer of the ECNY Awards and served as the Executive Director of Marketing and Publicity for the comedy nightclub Comix New York from the club"s inception on September 2006. She resigned from that post in September 2010 when Ochi"s Lounge was closed by new owners of Comix and became the comedy booker for the 92nd Street Y"s Tribeca location.
Since October 2014, Crews has owned and operated performance venue Quod erat demonstrandum - A Place to Show & Tell in Astoria, Queens.
