Tracy Cameron Francis is a first-generation Egyptian-American director, interdisciplinary artist, and producer. She is currently the artistic director of Boom Arts and formerly was the co-founder and artistic director of Hybrid Theatre Works in New York, which focused on international collaboration and social justice. She was a 2017 TCG Rising Leader of Color fellow, is a core member of Theatre Without Borders, and currently serves on the steering committee for the newly formed Middle East and North African Theatre Makers Alliance. She holds a BA 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, Teatro Milagro, and Corrib Theatre in Portland, Oregon, and Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. 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, Corrib Theatre, the Lark, T.B.A. Festival, and others. As an interdisciplinary artist, Cameron has created site specific performance art merging movement, 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. She currently serves as the festival director of the Cascade Festival of African Film, which is the longest running African film festival in the U.S. and includes a series of new African play readings. 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.