Tracey Hoyt

Tracey Hoyt was born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada to the late Alexander (Sandy) Hoyt and Alice Hoyt (nee Hodder). She trained in Canada at Theatre Aquarius, The Second City, The Banff Centre and York University. After touring extensively with The Second City, Tracey taught Improvisation at the Second City Training Centre and at Gilda's Club in Toronto. She won the Cayle Chernin Theatre Development Award for her play The Shivers, which was recently shortlisted for the RBC Emerging Playwright Award at the PGC's Tom Hendry Awards. Her comic play Harts Crossing was read at the Simon Joynes Playwrights Festival at Port Stanley Festival Theatre. A voice artist for most of her career, Tracey has been an in-demand voice-over instructor and demo reel director since 2007. She was honored to be named the 2025 Performing Arts inductee for the Chatham-Kent Cultural Hall of Fame.