COMEDY AUDITION INTENSIVE WORKSHOP

Join award-winning actress and writer Tracy Dawson for a not-to-be-missed comedy audition intensive.

In addition to working one-on-one with Dawson on assigned scenes, participants will also have a chance to work on cold reading skills. Dawson will discuss why improv training is essential for every actor, demonstrating how to utilize those skills in regards to audition prep.

A celebrated actress, Gemini and Canadian Screen Award winner, and Second City mainstage alum, don’t miss this chance to up your audition game with Tracy Dawson!

DATES (2 options): Sunday, March 15, 2026 or

Sunday, March 22, 2026

TIME: 12pm to 4pm

*PARTICIPANTS with Previous auditioning/scene work experience will be prioritized”

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BIO:

Tracy Dawson is an award-winning actress, screenwriter and author. Her book, Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren’t Supposed to Do was published in 2022 by HarperCollins. BuzzFeed called it “wholly inspiring” and “astonishing” and actress and author Amber Tamblyn called it, “Fucking hilarious.”  

Tracy began her career as a mainstage performer at The Second City in Toronto. In 2009, her play ‘them & us’, was produced by the renowned Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto. She was both a writer and lead actor on the Canadian sitcom Call Me Fitz and won the Gemini Award and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work opposite Jason Priestley on that show.

Tracy has sold and developed several TV projects on both sides of the border. She teaches screenwriting at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies, has been a visiting artist at the University of Tennessee, and she is the current Writer-in-Residence at the University of Calgary.