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Tracey Erin Smith is an award winning performer, writer, teacher and spiritual comedienne who believes in crazy-wisdom and practices reverent irreverence!

About Tracey Erin SmithTracey has performed her hit one-woman show; The Burning Bush! in New York
(off-off Broadway), Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax.
The play was selected as ‘Best of the Toronto Fringe Festival’ and won an ‘Audience Choice Award’ in New York City.

Tracey is the founder and creator of Soul-O-Theatre®, a program designed to help actors and non-actors create their own one-person show by transforming raw material from their life-journey into creative solo performances.  Actors and Writers in Tracey's classes have gone on to perform their shows professionally across Canada.

Soul-O-Theatre® has been adapted and taught by Tracey in a variety of healing settings such as, for people living with cancer (www.wellspring.ca) and it is the first program of its kind to be taught to Seniors in Community Living Facilities (www.rekaicentre.com).  Tracey is so passionate about the positive effect of Soul-O-Theatre®that she is willing to bring it to your community regardless of where it is located in the world! 

Tracey is a popular instructor at Ryerson University’s ACT II STUDIO;and has taught improvisation at Toronto's famous Second City. Tracey has been a guest expert on Breakfast Television (CITY TV) and Matchmaker (The Life Network).  She is also a frequent Artist-in-Residence at creative and spiritual retreats in Canada and the U.S.Tracey was the co-host of Jobs 1,2,3! (Rogers TV) as well as the creator of a pilot for a series about creativity called CRE8-TV (produced by Coptor Productions, the co-producers of Ryan, the Academy Award winning animated short). As a singer, Tracey performs on a music CD for children called NAME YOUR TUNE! and was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Award (Vancouver’s Tony’s) for her performance in the world premiere of; The One That Got Away at Vancouver’s Chutzpah! Festival.

The Burning Bush is currently being adapted for the screen as a full length feature film.

 

 

Newsflash


Wednesday, October 28, 2009
"Canadians continue to congregate off-Broadway" says THE GLOBE AND MAIL'S J. Kelly Nestruck in his Theatre blog about stars and Canadian's headed to The Great White Way. 

 


Thursday, June 18, 2009
Eye Weekly's Paul Gallant writes about The Burning Bush, and Jackie Mason's influence on Tracey Erin Smith's writing.

 


Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Bulletin's Kirstyn Brown writes about Tracey's background and inspiration. 

 

Saturday June 07, 2009
The Burning Bush! review in New York's Theatreonline.com
Theatre Online's Lauren Wissot says: "Smith paints pictures with her animated face and body, bringing Barbara’s vivid story, a perfect blend of poignancy and lunacy, to life."
Read the full review here

 

Thursday, June 04, 2009
JTA, The "Global News Service of the Jewish People" features 'The Burning Bush' in an article about the state of Jewish Theater today 

 

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

The Burning Bush! Opened in New York's Festival of Jewish Theatre and Idea

 


Saturday, May 16, 2009

USATODAY is reporting on The Burning Bush in New York!