Hilarious Comedian, Breast Cancer Survivor

Your audience will fall in love with comedian, breast cancer survivor, speaker and author Tracy DeGraaf! Pulling material from her experiences as a wife, mother of five sons and middle-aged woman, she’s the perfect fit for Girls Night Out, Women’s Conferences, and Breast Cancer Awareness Events.

Trained for comedy at The Second City in Chicago, Tracy travels nationwide performing stand up comedy and inspirational and motivational material. Since her cancer was detected on a routine mammogram, she is passionate about reminding women to stay current on cancer screenings and has done several events where many women have signed up for mammograms on the spot following her pitch. Tracy capitalizes on the touching true story of her dad’s reaction to her cancer diagnosis to remind women that they matter and that’s why they need to be proactive about their health.

Tracy crushes the excuses most women give for why they won’t get a mammogram:

• I don’t have time.
• It’s going to hurt.
• I don’t want to know.

She uses the powerful metaphor of a burning building to amplify the urgency of early detection. “Imagine you are asleep in your house tonight and a fire starts. It’s just a little fire, but it’s growing. At what point would you like to become aware that your home is on FIRE? When it’s a tiny fire that’s relatively easy to put out or when it’s an inferno and you and your family are fighting for your lives? That’s how it is with cancer. Early detection gives you the best chance for survival.”
 

Most Popular Topics:

Life Happens, Laugh Anyway

or

Cancer Happens, Laugh Anyway

(60-90 minute one-woman comedy show)

Tracy’s one woman show “Life Happens Laugh Anyway” or “Cancer Happens Laugh Anyway” (same show different titles depending on audience) takes you through the seasons of a woman’s life from getting married and having kids to gaining weight and growing a beard. Her heartwarming and authentic style makes you forget your problems as you LOL at her relatable stories from everyday life.
 

NEW Program for Nurse Appreciation: Nursing Happens Laugh Anyway

Tracy finishes the program with heartfelt appreciation for your nurses from the patient and patient family perspective. 

Breast Cancer Community Outreach Events

Tracy is a popular entertainer for accredited hospitals and breast centers who are required to hold community outreach events in order to maintain their accreditation. Having nurse navigators and oncologists at these events along with a scheduling team who can register the audience for mammograms immediately has been incredibly effective.

Celebrating Survivorship

Fundraising Events

Non-profit organizations hire Tracy because she can not only make them laugh, but also open their wallets. She is happy to come along side clients and pitch their cause in a fun and inspirational way.

Comedy for Depression

Tracy is a depression survivor and that’s saying something. It’s tough! She can do two different types of presentations on depression…

1. Depression Happens Laugh Anyway (same 60-90 minute one-woman show explained above but with some specific jokes about her depression).
2. Finding Your Fire: How to Love the Life You’re In (a powerful 60 minute presentation about finding joy no matter the circumstances).