Faculty

 

 

David Harris

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts - Program Director

 

Assistant Professor David Harris comes to Folsom Lake College with a wealth of experiences in the professional theatre and motion picture industry.  In receiving his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at San Diego, regularly ranked in the top five graduate programs in Theatre Arts in the USA by US News and World Report, Professor Harris’ career in the entertainment and arts industry got a jump start.  He has performed and worked alongside many artists prominent on the world and national theatre scene, including Athol Fugard, Shozo Sato, and Des McAnuff.  His career as an actor led him up and down the California coast, performing at such prominent venues as the American Conservatory Theatre La Jolla Playhouse, and the California Shakespeare Festival and appearing in popular motion pictures such as Penny Marshall’s “Renaissance Man.”  After a side trip in Beverly Hills as a law clerk for a prominent entertainment lawyer, Mr. Harris returned to his roots in performance and moved to the Sacramento area.  Extremely active since his arrival in the region, Professor Harris split his time as an Adjunct Professor at Sacramento City College and Cosumnes River College and as a local theatrical producer, director, and performer with the well-regarded group Synergy Stage and the bold new professional theatrical production company Capital Stage.  Even though David Harris began working full time for Folsom Lake College creating their Theatre and Cinema Arts program in January of 2007, he continues his work as a professional theatre artist in the community, providing examples and opportunities for his growing cadre of theatre and cinema arts students. 

 

Stephanie Gularte
Adjunct Professor – Introduction to Theatre, Beginning Acting

 

Artistic Director of the Delta King Theatre for six years before founding the nonprofit Capital Stage Company produced over 50 plays and musicals.  In 2002, industry trade publication BackStage West called Stephanie “the Hardest Working Woman in Show Business.”  In 2004, she initiated the first new Actor’s Equity Association contract with a Sacramento area theatre in nearly 15 years. 

 

After receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Government at CSU Sacramento, Stephanie worked for several years in educational theatre outreach programs for the State of California, California Musical Theatre, and Sacramento Theatre Company.  As an actor, she has performed in over 50 productions for various theatre companies, primarily in the Sacramento and Bay Areas, including the Sacramento Theatre Company, B Street Theatre, River Stage, Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, Theatre on San Pedro Square in San Jose, Marin Shakespeare Company, and the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.  She is a member of Actor’s Equity Assocation and Screen Actor’s Guild and serves on the board of director’s for the League of Sacramento Theatres.

 

Stephanie is one of the regular artists of Capital Stage, acting in and directing a number of acclaimed productions.