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A member of the Dramatists Guild, TRACE CRAWFORD has taught English and Theatre in both public and private schools for 24 years.  While teaching, he has also run an improv festival for secondary students, presently in its 21st season. His plays have been performed on six continents (Antarctica remains elusive) and published in six collections.

Trace's book, Absolutely Everything ** You Need to Know About Teaching and Performing Improv is available in print and for Kindle on Amazon.

Trace's Horror-Comedy Screenplay Dead (Re)Tired  has received honors from 25 different film festivals and screenplay competitions including the Nashville Film Festival.


Trace's plays have been produced by:

  • Aberdour Players (Scotland)
  • Aberrant Theatre (Toronto)
  • Almost Random Theatre (UK)
  • The Artistic Home (Chicago)
  • Arts Center Stage (NC)
  • Askew Theatre Company (CA)
  • Between Us Productions (NYC)
  • Bite-Sized Plays (UK, Brighton & Edinburgh Fringe)
  • Black Box Theatre (RI)
  • ​Black Cat Theatre (London)
  • The Bloomington Playwrights Project (IN) where he was the 1st place national winner of the 2010 Awarefest competition. 
  • Bluffton University (OH)
  • BrooklynONE Theatre+Film (NYC)
  • Brookville Play Festival (IL)
  • Bucknell University (PA)
  • Carte Blanche Studios (WI)
  • Cayuga Community College (NY)
  • Celebrationworks (CA)
  • Chameleon Theatre Circle (MN)
  • City Theatre of Independence (MO)
  • Colby Sawyer College (NH)
  • Colonial Playhouse (PA)
  • The Command Performers (UK)
  • Curtin University (Australia)
  • Drip Action Theatre (UK)
  • Eastbound Theatre (CT)
  • Echo Theatre (UT)
  • Eden Prairie Players (MN)
  • Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga (TN)
  • Fine Arts Association (OH)
  • Flathead Valley Community College (MT)
  • Frogs with Fangs (OH)
  • Fusion Theatre Company (NM)
  • Future Tenant (PA)
  • Gato Negro Asociacion Cultural (Lima, Peru)
  • Georgetown College Maskrafters (KY)
  • Ghost Dog Productions (London)
  • Gi60: Live US Edition (NYC)
  • Hillaloe Family Resource Centre (Ireland)
  • The Independent Theatre Collective (WV)
  • InspiraTO (Toronto)
  • International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (FL)
  • Insignificant Theatre (UK)
  • ITM Films Word*Play (MN)
  • Lake-Sumter State College (FL)
  • Lakeshore Players Theatre (MN)
  • Lebanon Community Theatre (PA)
  • Lionheart Theatre Company (GA)
  • Little Fish Theatre (CA)
  • Longwood University (VA)
  • Love Creek Productions' Brief Acts Company (NYC)
  • Madlab (OH)
  • Majestic Theatre (OR)
  • Memorium Development (Chicago)
  • Metropolitan State University (CO)
  • Mildred's Umbrella (TX)
  • Milford Arts Council (CT)
  • Missouri State University (MO)
  • Mind the Gap Theatre (NYC)
  • The Mirror Theatre (Los Angeles)
  • The Monologue Project (Australia)
  • The New American Theatre (CA)
  • Newburgh Free Academy (NY)
  • New World Theatre Club (Luxenbourg)
  • New York City Playwrights (NYC)
  • Niagara University (NY)
  • Northeast Mississippi Community College (MS)
  • North Park Vaudeville (CA)
  • n.u.f.a.n. ensemble (Chicago)
  • Nylon Fusion Theatre Company (NYC)
  • Orange Tea Theatre Company (Amsterdam)
  • Over Our Head Players (WI)
  • Parish Players (VT)
  • Pegasus Theatre (TX)
  • Petaluma Radio Players (CA)
  • Pint-Sized Plays (Wales, UK)
  • Play Club West (Hollywood)
  • Play de Luna (FL)​

  • Play for Voices (Podcast)
  • Playcrafters of Skippack (PA)
  • Playhouse Creatures Theatre (NYC)
  • Point of Contention (Chicago)
  • Raconteur Theatre Company (OH)
  • Ramapo College (NJ)
  • Rawabet Theatre (Cairo, Egypt)
  • The Rapscallion Theatre Collective (NYC)
  • The Rex Players (UK)
  • Roxbury Repertory Theater (MA)
  • Sanity is for Suckers! (Hollywood)
  • Scribe Stages (Los Angeles)
  • Seoul Players (South Korea)
  • Shelterbelt Theatre (NE)
  • Short + Sweet Festival (Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, & Sydney, Australia - Plus Advanced to Gala Finals 2x!)
  • Short + Sweet Festival (Dubai, UAE, advanced to Finals!)
  • Short + Sweet Festival (Auckland, New Zealand)
  • Short + Sweet Festival (Bangalore & Delhi, India)
  • Short + Sweet Festival (Hollywood)
  • Short + Sweet Festival (Manila, The Philippines)
  • Short Play Podcast (GA)
  • Spokane Radio Theatre (WA)
  • The Stage (Tel Aviv, Israel)
  • Subversive Theatre Collective (NY)
  • Suffolk County Community College (NY)
  • Sundog Theatre (NY)
  • Stage Door Productions (VA)
  • Theatre Southwest (TX)
  • Thespians Anonymous Theatrical Society (Finland)
  • Ticket 2 Eternity Productions (NYC)
  • Tree City Playhouse (OH)
  • Truffle Theatre Company (NYC)
  • Turtle Shell Productions (NYC)
  • Walk on Water Theatre Festival (Singapore)
  • Westport Community Theatre (CT)
  • WildClaw Theatre (Chicago)
  • Writers-a-Go-Go (NYC)

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