Tracy Newman

Tracy Newman is a founding member of The Groundlings Improv Theatre, which is one of the main farm companies for SNL. In 1990, she and her then writing partner, Jonathan Stark, began a long TV writing/producing career. Their first staff job was on Cheers. After that, they worked on Bob, The Nanny, Ellen, The Drew Carey Show and Hiller and Diller. In 1997, they won both an Emmy and a Peabody award for co-writing the groundbreaking "coming out" episode of Ellen (Ellen DeGeneres' 90's sitcom.) In 2001 they created the long-running ABC TV show, According to Jim. Tracy retired from TV writing in 2003 and since then has been a fixture in the Los Angeles acoustic folk music scene. She's now a full-time singer/songwriter, doing shows for both adults and children. She has a new company called Run Along Home, focusing on age-appropriate lyrics for young kids. Tracy's CDs for adults include: A Place in the Sun, I Just See You and That's What Love Can Do to Your Heart. Her CDs for children are I Can Swing Forever, Shoebox Town, and soon to be released, Sing With Me. Websites: www.tracynewman.com and www.runalonghome.com