Tracy Theater Arts Collaborative (TTAC)
Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, 715 Central Avenue, Tracy, CA 95376
About
Tracy Theater Arts Collaborative (TTAC) produces two full-size musicals or plays each year highlighting the use of local talent and offers curriculum in theater performing arts for individuals ranging from basic to seasoned experience levels. The program provides continual instruction throughout the year in acting, directing, producing, stage management, costuming, set design, and prop mastering, along with vocal coaching and music direction. TTAC also offers immersive workshops in acting, directing, and technical aspects of theater production, as well as special summer clinics, workshops, master classes with possible guest experts, and student showcases or mini-productions, plus intern and assistant learning opportunities in areas such as directing, stage management, choreography, costuming, makeup, and set design.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday with daytime and early evening hours, and Saturday–Sunday with midday to afternoon hours
Tracy Theater Arts Collaborative launched on February 9, 2024, as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with an all-volunteer staff and a focus on making theater accessible to everyone. The organization describes its mission as striving to make the performing arts accessible to all by fostering creativity, empathy, and personal growth within the community, and by nurturing talent and encouraging participation to enrich lives and strengthen connections through theater. TTAC works with other organizations, schools, and independent production teams in the greater Tracy and San Joaquin County area and has received a $27,433 grant from the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors for a mobile sound system that enables performances both in and out of the theater. Upcoming and listed productions include “Tracy, Our Town, USA” (February 2024 and February 2026), “The Great Show” (April 2024), “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (September 2024), “Journey Down Broadway” (April 2025), and “Freaky Friday” (January 2026).
TTAC’s leadership team includes co-founder and CEO Maggie Foresee-Griese, who has over four decades of experience as a director, stage manager, costumer, actress, singer, and vocal and music director and has served as an instructor at The Grand Theatre, and co-founder Grace Reinheimer, who specializes in stage management, oversees talent management and costuming and administrative duties and website content, and has over 20 years of experience including acting and elementary dance and instruction at The Grand Theatre. Additional team members include Sarah McGuire, with over 20 years of experience in directing, vocal and music direction, instruction, acting, choreography, and curriculum development; Scott Snyder, with over 25 years of directing experience in high school, children’s, and community theater and skills in choreography, acting, technical sound and lighting, set design and construction, and company dancing, and who has directed Shakespeare in the Park in Mountain House several times; and educator Geri Neylan, who taught grades 3–12 for 35 years and was named 2016 Educator of the Year by the Tracy Chamber of Commerce. The team also includes Dennis Lockard, a seasoned actor and comedian who manages multimedia needs including sound, lights, duplication, and video delivery; choreographer Abigail Simens, who is pursuing a Theatre degree at CSU Sacramento; Jullian (Julian) Steffens, a Theater Arts major at Chico State University with an emphasis on acting and experience as a costume and hair/wig designer and technician; Theo Crocker, who has been active in theater for over a decade primarily as a performer and has directed select scenes and musical numbers from productions such as “Matilda” and “The Lightning Thief,” with “Freaky Friday” as his first full-length directorial production; and JT Amador, who has a strong background in musical theater and dance, has performed from a young age, trained extensively, and currently teaches acting and musical theater at the San Joaquin Ballet Company. TTAC notes that Geri Neylan was the 2016 Educator of the Year and that Scott Snyder is the 2025 Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year. In its testimonials, CEO Maggie Foresee-Griese states, “Performing Arts goes way beyond the nights of performance. There is nothing quite so inspiring as seeing a life transformed from someone's very first role,” and team member Geri Neylan states, “Miraculous things can happen when you work together, and that’s what theatre is to me.”
Last updated June 15, 2026.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday with daytime and early evening hours, and Saturday–Sunday with midday to afternoon hours
Tracy Theater Arts Collaborative launched on February 9, 2024, as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with an all-volunteer staff and a focus on making theater accessible to everyone. The organization describes its mission as striving to make the performing arts accessible to all by fostering creativity, empathy, and personal growth within the community, and by nurturing talent and encouraging participation to enrich lives and strengthen connections through theater. TTAC works with other organizations, schools, and independent production teams in the greater Tracy and San Joaquin County area and has received a $27,433 grant from the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors for a mobile sound system that enables performances both in and out of the theater. Upcoming and listed productions include “Tracy, Our Town, USA” (February 2024 and February 2026), “The Great Show” (April 2024), “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (September 2024), “Journey Down Broadway” (April 2025), and “Freaky Friday” (January 2026).
TTAC’s leadership team includes co-founder and CEO Maggie Foresee-Griese, who has over four decades of experience as a director, stage manager, costumer, actress, singer, and vocal and music director and has served as an instructor at The Grand Theatre, and co-founder Grace Reinheimer, who specializes in stage management, oversees talent management and costuming and administrative duties and website content, and has over 20 years of experience including acting and elementary dance and instruction at The Grand Theatre. Additional team members include Sarah McGuire, with over 20 years of experience in directing, vocal and music direction, instruction, acting, choreography, and curriculum development; Scott Snyder, with over 25 years of directing experience in high school, children’s, and community theater and skills in choreography, acting, technical sound and lighting, set design and construction, and company dancing, and who has directed Shakespeare in the Park in Mountain House several times; and educator Geri Neylan, who taught grades 3–12 for 35 years and was named 2016 Educator of the Year by the Tracy Chamber of Commerce. The team also includes Dennis Lockard, a seasoned actor and comedian who manages multimedia needs including sound, lights, duplication, and video delivery; choreographer Abigail Simens, who is pursuing a Theatre degree at CSU Sacramento; Jullian (Julian) Steffens, a Theater Arts major at Chico State University with an emphasis on acting and experience as a costume and hair/wig designer and technician; Theo Crocker, who has been active in theater for over a decade primarily as a performer and has directed select scenes and musical numbers from productions such as “Matilda” and “The Lightning Thief,” with “Freaky Friday” as his first full-length directorial production; and JT Amador, who has a strong background in musical theater and dance, has performed from a young age, trained extensively, and currently teaches acting and musical theater at the San Joaquin Ballet Company. TTAC notes that Geri Neylan was the 2016 Educator of the Year and that Scott Snyder is the 2025 Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year. In its testimonials, CEO Maggie Foresee-Griese states, “Performing Arts goes way beyond the nights of performance. There is nothing quite so inspiring as seeing a life transformed from someone's very first role,” and team member Geri Neylan states, “Miraculous things can happen when you work together, and that’s what theatre is to me.”
Last updated June 15, 2026.
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