our faculty and staff
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.
Ian Wallace joined Folsom Lake College in 2012, having worked professionally as a scenic and projection designer, collaborating with directors who include Gabor Tompa, Christopher Ashley and Moises Kaufman. His designs have been seen internationally at venues in Toronto, London, Budapest, Romania, and the Avignon Festival in France. He has also designed for California theaters, such as La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep, and, locally, for B Street Theater and Capital Stage. He also worked in television for several years as a set designer for the soap opera Guiding Light on CBS. He received his BFA in Drama from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, where he had the opportunity to intern for the designer George Tsypin. He earned his MFA in Theater Design from UC San Diego. His designs from UCSD were featured in the student exhibit at the Theater Design Quadrennial in Prague. Ian is a member of United Scenic Artist local 829.
Cameron has been with Falcon Eye Theater for four years but has only recently joined the full-time staff as the theater technician and Shop Foreman. In his time with the theater, he has been a master carpenter, technical director and recently set designer designing Rhinoceros and Cyrano. Cameron received the technical theater certificate at FLC and is continuing to work on receiving his AA in theater. Cameron has almost ten years’ experience in local community theater working with locations like Big Idea Theater, B Street, Stage 9, Sutter Street Theater, and many others. He also worked with a few high school like Oak Ridge, Union Mine, and most recently helped open up the Cordova High School new theater building. Cameron is a member of IATSE local 50. Cameron is excited to bring his passion and technical experience to the shows at FLC and to continue to inspire new students into the field of technical theater.
Peter Mohrmann is a co-founding member of Capital Stage and has been the company's Managing Director for five seasons. Also with Capital Stage, he has directed and performed in productions. As a co-founding member of Synergy Stage, he produced over a dozen productions in Sacramento since the fall of 1999, including a number aboard the Delta King. Locally, Peter has worked with Sacramento Theatre Company,
Foothill Theatre Company, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Sierra Shakespeare Festival, Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, River Stage, City Theatre, Thistle Dew Dessert Theatre, Garbeau's Dinner Theatre and The Show Below. Before returning to the Sacramento area, Peter worked with Chicago Actor’s Theatre, Kern Shakespeare Festival and Nebraska Theatre Caravan. He worked for over 10 years for the not-for-profit Sutter Medical Center, with the Chicago sports marketing company The Lazin Group, and a season-long arts management training program with the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Peter received his Masters of Fine Arts from the Theatre School/DePaul University. Peter is an adjunct professor at Sacramento City College.
Jennifer has acted Off-Off-Broadway in Women of the Wild West and Murderers Anonymous, and regionally in many plays, including The Winter’s Tale and The Importance of Being Earnest. She has starred in numerous films, including the feature, Princess Daisy, and the musical short, Diner For 2. Jennifer also enjoys directing (Nahar and The Wizard of Oz are favorites) and playwriting (Nina’s Musical Ear, The Sterling Affair). She recently published her first novel (Life Is But A Dream) about a woman who lives in two realities. She has her BFA from NYU and MFA from Brooklyn College. She is an Equity member and is proud to teach at Folsom Lake College.
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Mark Steensland self-published his first book while in fourth grade and has been telling stories ever since—some of them true. He became a professional journalist before graduating high school, writing about movies for such magazines as Prevue, American Cinematographer, and Millimeter. He holds a bachelor's in film studies from UC Santa Barbara, a master's in creative writing from CSU Sacramento, and an MFA in screenwriting from Chapman University. His award-winning films have played in festivals around the world. His novel for young readers, Behind the Bookcase, was published in 2012 by Random House. His novel for adults, The Special, was published in 2018 and has been made into a feature film. He most recently wrote Jakob’s Wife, starring Barbara Crampton.
Jamie Van Camp is a Theatre-Maker and educator with physical theatre training from Canada, and Graduate-level training at Dell'Arte International. He is also a recipient of the Leadership U One-on-one grant funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provided by Theatre Communications Group. Jamie has directed, performed, & taught nationally & internationally for over 15 years. He believes theater should be accessible to everyone & has a distinct focus on bringing professional theater to rural areas. Jamie has trained in Shakespeare, Commedia Dell’ Arte, Clown, Acrobatics, and more. As Artistic Director of See The Elephant, Jamie is focused on bringing exceptional theatre experiences to rural areas and creating platforms for artists in our region.