Tracy Coffey

Born in White Plains, NY, Tracy spend much of her childhood overseas, due to her father's job. She first fell in love with theater at the American School of Madrid, when she played Mrs. Drudge in the comedy, "The Real Inspector Hound." After graduation from James Madison University, where she studied mathematics, Spanish, and secondary education, Tracy continued to travel the world with her husband, an Army officer, and children, and has continued to perform in local theaters and singing competitions. Favorite roles include Blanche Dubois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and Christine Penmark in "The Bad Seed", both at the Stuttgart Theatre Center, Stuttgart, Germany; M'Lynn in "Steel Magnolias" at the Clarksville Civic Theatre in Tennessee, Nellie Collins in "Floyd Coillins" at the Roxy Regional Theater in Tennessee, and Mrs. Van Tassel/Narrator in the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" with the Center on Tour in New York. In 2008, she was the installation Operation Rising Star (the military's version of American Idol) winner at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. In 2016 and 2017, she won the Topper Award for Best Actress in a Play, competing against actresses at all Army Entertainment theaters in Europe. In 2018, the one act play she directed won best play, and she won best director, at the American Association of Community Theater's Region X festival, advancing to the national level, where the play was awarded 5 national awards including Best Ensemble and Outstanding Theatrical Moment. While stationed at the United States Military Academy at West Point, right outside New York City, Tracy began applying for film and television work. She now resides in Rhode Island and has co-starred in several short films, an infomercial, and appeared as an extra in many TV shows and films. Tracy also regularly appears onstage.