Tracey Erin Smith

Tracey Erin Smith is an award winning performer, writer, teacher and spiritual comedienne who believes in crazy-wisdom and practices reverent irreverence! Tracey 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 lifejourney 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; (www.ryerson.ca/~act2) 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.

Anita La Selva – Director

Anita La Selva is a classically trained actress and has worked extensively in theatre with a resume that ranges from Farce and Performance Art to Shakespeare and Greek tragedy. As an actress, some of her favorite theatrical roles include Amanda in Private Lives, Elvira in Blithe Spirit, Maria in Lend Me a Tenor, Clytemnestra in the Oresteia, and Goneril in King Lear.

Anita has appeared in numerous television episodic series and movies of the week. She is probably best known for her performance as the alien leader Zo’or in Gene Roddenberry’s television series Earth: Final Conflict, which ran 5 years and is now syndicated globally. You can also catch her as the host of Discovery Channel’s documentary series Future Tense, and in various movies of the this multi-talented performer has also been a member of several professional dance companies including the Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Co., co-written the successful Fringe play Girls in Love be Harlots, taught acting and has been Artistic Director/Producer of two independent theatre companies in Toronto.