Meet Our Team
Carrie Haines - Artistic Director
Carrie Haines* is from Mill Valley, California. She studied with the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California and earned her BFA in Acting. Carrie studied English and Dramatic Arts at Sonoma State University. She has been a member of both SAG AFTRA, and Actor's Equity Association. Carrie has been directing stage productions at both the community and professional level since 1990. Carrie is a member of the California Educational Theatre Association (CETA) and is the founder/director of "My School 2 Broadway", a theatre enrichment program for elementary and middle school students.
Truckee Community Theater Board of Directors 2024-2025
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Delana Ryan
Emily Ramey Debbie Collette Loren McCormac Lisa Abrahams Jennifer Boehm Lauren DiGeronimo |
President
Vice President Treasurer Secretary Volunteer Coordinator Member At Large Member At Large |
Delana Ryan - President Delana Ryan* is no stranger to the stage and she's played some of the most iconic characters in our own productions including Truvvy in "Steel Magnolias", Mother in "A Christmas Story", and most recently, Dee Dee Allen in "The Prom. Delana is also an accomplished director. Other Theaters: Drury Lane, Chicago, Cumberland County Playhouse, Little Theatre on the Square, Galveston Island Outdoor Musicals, Theatre Under the Stars. Professional experience: “Gypsy” - Rose, “Radio City Christmas Spectacular”-Singer, “Fiddler on the Roof” – Hodel, “Camelot” – Lady Anne (with Robert Goulet) Training: BFA in Music/Theatre, Illinois Wesleyan University. Delana now serves as Assistant Artistic Director of Truckee Community Theater. Delana also spends her time teaching yoga and being a ski instructor at Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Meadows. Favorite role ever: Mommy to Brock and Colton and wife to Michael *Member Actor’s Equity Association. 
Emily Ramey - Vice President
The performing arts have been Emily's passion from the moment she discovered musical theater in 5th grade. Her participation in the performing arts brought her endless joy and personal growth throughout middle and high school, inspired her to study theater in college, and now fuels her drive to ensure that all youth in Tahoe and Truckee have access to high quality performing arts education. She is honored to be the Assistant Director for Great Futures Productions at the Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe, as well as the Vice President of the TCT Board of Directors, allowing her to to work directly with youth and also behind the scenes to keep theater opportunities alive and thriving in our small mountain community. Emily strongly believes in the transformational power of the performing arts, seeing first hand how theatrical experiences open the hearts and minds of performers and audiences alike. Live storytelling has been inspiring humankind since the beginning of time, and is it an art form that deserves to be cherished and supported in all communities. It is Emily's promise to work tirelessly to ensure the performing arts continue to inspire our Tahoe/Truckee community for years to come. When Emily is not working behind the scenes, you might catch her performing at Truckee Community Theater, as well as other theater companies throughout Reno/Carson. When not on stage (or behind it), she enjoys quality time with her husband Josh and son Emmitt. Her family has sacrificed a lot of time with Mommy so Emily can dedicate the necessary time it takes to keep the performing arts alive, and she is incredibly grateful for their support. Emily hopes you'll join TCT in experiencing our next live production, and looks forward to celebrating the performing arts with you! Jennifer Boehm - Member At Large
Jennifer Boehm has been involved with TCT since the very beginning, serving as Costume Chair, Vice President and currently President. She participates as a director, AD, producer, actor, costume designer/fitter, and general volunteer. Last year she gender bent the role of Grumio in TCT’s first production of Taming of the Shrew, but has appeared with TCT as Murray in The Odd Couple, Cassandra in Vanya, Sonya, Masha & Spike as well as many supporting roles and ensemble parts. “No roles are too small, only the actor”. Jennifer started college as a music and theater major but then tried psychology, economics, political science and ornamental horticulture. She considers herself a life-long learner. When not in the theater, she pushes herself in her outrigger canoe, makes all manner of crafts, sews and takes care of her 4 dogs, tortoise and husband. Jennifer sings with the Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus whenever possible and has soloed with them and in TCT’s Broadway in the Park. After working for TDRPD for over 20 years as Office Manager. 
Lauren DiGeronimo - Member At Large
Lauren DiGeronimo lives in the Glenshire area of Truckee with her husband, two sons and many animals. She was inspired to join the Truckee Community Theater board of directors after her son was bitten by the theater bug while performing in the Glenshire Elementary production of A Year With Frog and Toad. . A Managing Director and Head of the Truckee office for TrailRunner International, Lauren advises a range of clients on mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, senior management changes, restructurings, litigation support and crisis situations, as well as ongoing corporate positioning and executive visibility programs. Prior to joining TrailRunner, Lauren managed corporate and consumer communications for Citizens Financial Group, including helping to successfully execute the bank’s initial public offering (the largest bank IPO in U.S. history). She also served clients such as Covidien (Medtronic), McDonald’s Corp., Wyndham and many other companies and organizations in roles at Morrissey & Company Communications in Boston, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker Public Relations in San Diego and Middleton & Gendron in New York. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA in journalism and psychology, Lauren spends her free time skiing, hiking and camping. |
Debbie Collette - Treasurer Debbie Collette was born in Bozeman, Montana and raised in Texas. She is a dedicated director and CFO at One ATTA Time in California, where she has been pivotal in shaping the organization's strategic goals and financial policies since 2013. Debbie has over 20 years of experience working with volunteers, managing teams, and developing environments that foster active and meaningful participation. With a profound commitment to enhancing community well-being, she oversees donor relations and manages critical international partnerships, driving impactful water projects worldwide. Debbie lives in Truckee, California, with her husband and four children. Her family embraces a life filled with adventure and cultural enrichment. She is an avid lover of the mountains, often found hiking or mountain biking along scenic trails. Debbie also has a passion for the theater, enjoying both the performance and the unique storytelling that it offers. This blend of professional expertise and personal interests not only defines her as a leader but also enriches her community interactions, reflecting her integrity, accountability, and perpetual desire to learn and grow. 
Lisa Abrahams - Volunteer Coordinator
Lisa Abrahams was what they called a "Navy Brat" having a father that was a Captain in the Navy so she grew up living coast to coast. On the East Coast she lived in Virginia, Rhode Island and Connecticut but always returned to Coronado California on the West coast which was considered home. Lisa received her RN diploma from St. Raphael's School of Nursing in Connecticut, then continued on to receive her BSN from Sonoma State University and her School Nursing Health Credential from Sacramento State University. She just recently retired from the Tahoe Truckee School District having served as a School Nurse for 34 years. She is most proud of her daughters Emily and Abigail who are both pursuing higher education in Heath Care careers. Emily will be starting her Masters in Public Health at UCLA this fall and Abigail will be starting in a Physician Assistants program at Barry University in Miami Florida. Her role on the Truckee Community Theater is The Volunteer Coordinator and her goal is to build a strong volunteer base since Community Theater is built on it's volunteers! Her favorite quote or toast, depending, is "To life, love, and health and the time to enjoy 
Loren McCormac - Secretary / Social Media Marketing Loren Beth McCormac is the newest member of the TCT Board of Directors. The stage is her happy place! Loren has a BS in Theatre from Towson University. You may have seen her in hits such as Macaulay Culkin In Avenue Q, Rita in White Christmas , Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods, Six in Chicago, Hilda in Christmas Express, My Angry Vagina in Vagina Monologues, Daphne in 9 to 5 , Mr./Mrs Cratchit in Christmas Chaos, Chelsea Thayer in On Golden Pond, to name a few. She has also been in many 10 minute plays and has loved directing as well. She is part of the TCT Improve troop and loved being an idiot on stage! She and one of her best theater friends Christopher Liedholm will be directing the Christmas play Christmas Chaos so make sure you come out to audition in September, you don’t want to miss the fun! When she’s not putting her foot in her mouth or dancing like a fool she can be seen hanging out with all of her amazing friends, you know who you are, her supportive handsome husband , her amazing kookie mother and the joy of her life, her dogs, oops, she means her son Kline |
Courtney Simson - Founder
Courtney Simson grew up in Berkeley, California, the daughter of parents heavily involved in local politics and community service. Her father, a lawyer who was a Navy veteran of the Korean War, became fascinated with Asian culture and went to night school to master Japanese, and Courtney grew up serving cheese and crackers at parties at her parents’ home attended by concentration camp survivors, Berkeley City Council members, local artists, actors, and playwrights, and college professors from Cal Berkeley. (It took her years and moves to Texas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii to understand that not everyone has parties with such illustrious and erudite guests!) She enjoyed a somewhat unusual lifestyle as a teenager, attending a Beatles concert at the Cow Palace and free musical events across from Berkeley High with performers like Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and the Jefferson Airplane...groups no one had yet heard of outside the San Francisco Bay Area. She studied theater arts at San Francisco State and UCLA and earned a degree in Commercial Recreation from Cal State Northridge, which in hindsight she feels taught her everything she needed to know from leadership to business skills to prepare for the eventual founding of TCT. She was an elementary and middle school English teacher for 22 years, earning “Teacher of the Year” from her peers at two different schools, and always, always directing shows with kids after school as a volunteer, often with 70 kids in the cast. She is fiercely proud of our theater group, our directors, production staff, actors of all ages, and Board members. The love of her life is her husband, Anton, and she adores her daughter Amy, grandkids James, Sophie, and Benjamin, and her son, Tommy. Her favorite quote is from entrepreneur Richard Branson: “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.”