Tracy Torwick, Acting Instructor

Tracy was born and raised in Southern California where she fell in love with the arts at an early age. She was first on stage in preschool as a three little pig, and her love for the stage only grew over time! Tracy spent a lot of her youth dancing and showing Arabian horses and she later went on to receive her BA from Cal Poly Pomona in Theatre Arts with an emphasis on acting. Here she spent lots of time on stage, as well as writing, directing, making student films and serving as President of the school’s “Off Broadway” club. Upon graduating she backpacked through Europe solo, which was a life changing experience. She then moved to Los Angeles and began her work in the Independent film industry. She worked in front of the camera and behind the camera on some award winning films and Co-founded her Production Company, Choice Productions, which she still currently writes and develops for. Tracy also went back and received a Teaching Credential, also from Cal Poly Pomona and taught a year of High School Theatre where she directed “West Side Story” and “Almost, Maine.”

Tracy then married her husband whose career in the Air Force moved them the Washington in 2015. She connected with Lakewood Playhouse pretty quickly and has proudly taught for LIT every summer since she moved. Some of her teaching credits with LIT include directing “Beauty and Beast Jr.,” co-directing “James and the Giant Peach,” choreographing for the Musical Theatre Review, and teaching Preparing the Actor I, among other great experiences! She has also had the great pleasure of choreographing “The Music Man Jr.” and “Like You Like It” for Tacoma Little Theatre as well as directing “Sleepy Hollow.”

Her latest achievement is that she is now a registered Yoga teacher and pursuing her masters degree in Yoga Therapy. Tracy can be seen on stage all over the South Sound and truly enjoys sharing her love and passion with the next generation of artists.