About Tracy
Tracy Cameron Francis is a first-generation Egyptian-American director working across different disciplines, genres and mediums including the development of new plays, works in translation, site-specific performance, multi-media performance, and film and T.V.
She is currently the Artistic Director of Boom Arts and formerly was the co-founder and artistic director of Hybrid Theatre Works. She was a 2017 TCG Rising Leader of Color fellow, is a core member of Theatre Without Borders and serves on the steering committee for the newly formed Middle East and North African Theatre Makers Alliance . She holds a B.A. from Fordham University in Middle Eastern Studies and Theatre, is a member of the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab and an associate member of SDC.
As a freelance director Tracy’s work has been seen in New York at HERE Arts Center, The Culture Project, NY International Fringe Festival, Manhattan Shakespeare Project, NY Arab Comedy Festival, Center for Performance Research, Noor Theatre, Brooklyn Lyceum, LaMama Culture Hub, PEN World Voices Festival, and others. Internationally at the Falaki Theatre (Egypt), Ubumuntu Festival (Rwanda) and LaMama Umbria ( Italy) and regionally with Boom Arts (Portland,OR) , Teatro Milagro (Portland, OR), Corrib Theatre, and Williamstown Theatre Festival (MA). She has assisted directors Josh Fox, Sam Gold, Tamara Fisch and Gia Forakis.
Francis has developed new work through staged readings and workshops at Atlantic Theatre Company, New York Theatre Workshop, O’Neill National Musical Theatre Conference, Red Bull Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, Corrib Theatre, the Lark, T.B.A. Festival and others.
As an interdisciplinary artist Cameron has created original performance art merging movement and video and text for Bushwick Open Studios Performance Art Showcase, Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, the W Hotel NY, Alwan Center for the Arts, JAW at Portland Center Stage, Queens Arts Council, and Hybrid Theatre Works.
She has worked in television as a shadow director for Dan Minahan on the HBO series “True Blood” and as an intern for Saturday Night Live.
As an educator Tracy has served as a teaching artist for recent immigrants at the International Center in New York, and has guest directed at Fordham University and NYU’s Strasberg institute. She is also a coach for Playwrite inc. working with youth.
She is available as a local directing hire in Portland and New York, and anywhere else in the world as a non-local hire (housing/travel required for other cities).
She is also available for hire for script development and cultural consultancy.
See her full directing resume here